“…Results of a meta-analysis showed that the long-term effects of divorce are, relatively speaking, more serious than its short-term effects (Amato & Keith, 1991). Although there are some notable exceptions in the literature (Doucet & Aseltine, 2003), most studies concur that parental divorce is associated with lowered psychological wellbeing (Amato & Sobolewski, 2001;Rodgers, Power, & Hope, 1997) and lowered happiness (Knox et al, 2004) in adulthood, less commitment to and less confidence in one's own marriage (Jacquet & Surra, 2001;Whitton, Rhoades, Stanley, & Markman, 2008), and a higher incidence of unstable marriages (Storksen, Røysamb, Gjessing, Moum, & Tambs, 2007).…”