DOES HAVING DIVORCED PARENTS HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON A CHILD'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS?
HYPOTHESIS
It was hypothesised that students with divorced parents would have a lower rate of academic achievements.
I chose this question because many of my friends as well as myself have grown up with separated parents and as such I found it an interesting possible topic to research. I was also considering the topic of the effect of the parents’ personal attitudes on whether a person is optimistic or pessimistic, but I ended up deciding against this as I believed it would be difficult to find much information on it.
During work on this task, I had to change my research question multiple times due to there not being enough available data to provide reliable information. I started out aiming to research the effect that divorce has on a child’s chance of developing mental health problems, and overcame the lack of research on the topic by changing my research question to one that still fit the research topic but had more research.
During work on this task, I had to change my research question multiple times due to there not being enough available data to provide reliable information. I started out aiming to research the effect that divorce has on a child’s chance of developing mental health problems, and overcame the lack of research on the topic by changing my research question to one that still fit the research topic but had more research.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Secure attachment is classified by children who show some distress when their caregiver leaves but are able to compose themselves and do something knowing that their caregiver will return.
Parents of children with an avoidant/anxious attachment tend to be emotionally unavailable or unresponsive to them a good deal of the time. They disregard or ignore their children’s needs, and can be especially rejecting when their child is hurt or sick. In response, the avoidant/anxiously attached child learns early in life to suppress the natural desire to seek out a parent for comfort when frightened, distressed, or in pain.
A resistant attachment is shown in a situation when the mother is not present, the child shows quite a bit more anxiety about exploration and may even show strong signs of distress (nervous, crying, etc.). When mom returns, the child may be ambivalent about having contact and may even show signs of anger toward her.
Neuroplasticity: The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment.
Parents of children with an avoidant/anxious attachment tend to be emotionally unavailable or unresponsive to them a good deal of the time. They disregard or ignore their children’s needs, and can be especially rejecting when their child is hurt or sick. In response, the avoidant/anxiously attached child learns early in life to suppress the natural desire to seek out a parent for comfort when frightened, distressed, or in pain.
A resistant attachment is shown in a situation when the mother is not present, the child shows quite a bit more anxiety about exploration and may even show strong signs of distress (nervous, crying, etc.). When mom returns, the child may be ambivalent about having contact and may even show signs of anger toward her.
Neuroplasticity: The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment.