Divorce Family Structure and the Academic Success of Children

<p>Trace the influence of family factors on children's emotional and educational well-being!The effect of family changes on children's academic success is a new subject for study. Divorce Family Structure and the Academic Success of Children is a comprehensive volume that brings research on this hotly debated topic up to date. With clear tables and incisive arguments it is a single-volume reference on this vexing sociocultural problem. Divorce Family Structure and the Academic Success of Children offers a close look at the historical background and current theory of this field of study. But it is more than a compendium of known facts and completed studies. It examines issues of appropriate methodology and points out concerns for planning future research. Divorce Family Structure and the Academic Success of Children summarizes current knowledge of the effects of various influences on children's emotional and educational well-being including:</p><ul> <li> divorce and remarriage </li> <li> single-parent families </li> <li> nontraditional family structures </li> <li> race </li> <li> socioeconomic status </li> <li> mobility </li> </ul><p>Educators theorists sociologists and psychologists will find this volume an essential resource. With hundreds of useful references and clear organization it presents new ideas in an easy-to-use format that makes it an ideal textbook as well.</p>