“…A substantial number of investigators have found similar favorable outcomes in children relative either to their pre-divorce status or to matched peers from intact family backgrounds (Gately & Schwebel, 1992;Grossman, Shea, & Adams, 1980;Heatherington, 1989;Kurdek & Siesky, 1979, 1980cMacKinnon, Stoneman, & Brody, 1984;Reinhard, 1977;Richmond-Abbot, 1984;Rosen, 1977;Santrock & Warshak, 1979;Slater, Stewart, & Linn, 1983;Springer & Wallerstein, 1983;Wallerstein, 1984Wallerstein, , 1985aWallerstein, , 1987Wallerstein & Kelly, 1974Warshak & Santrock, 1983;Weiss, 1979). Because some of these studies compared samples from both divorced and intact families, it is reasonable to assume that the positive outcomes found in children of divorce are not simply a factor of normal child development.…”