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by Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky is Director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. Belsky is an expert in the field of child development and family studies. See full bio
October 28, 2008, Child Development

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Legacy of Childhood Exposure to Divorce: Marital Commitment & Confidence

By Jay Belsky, Ph.D. on October 28, 2008 in A Family Affair

It is reasonably well established that divorce is intergenerationally transmitted; that is, that individuals whose parents divorced while they were growing up are at increased risk of experiencing divorce when they themselves get married. Read More

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