The divorce-stress-adjustment perspective asserts that

A) the process of divorce is responsible for the stressful events parents and children experience.
B) it is certain characteristics of the parents that cause divorce and relate to children's problems.
C) children and parents are never able to fully adjust to a divorce.
D) the stress of the parent-child relationship sometimes leads to divorce.


A) the process of divorce is responsible for the stressful events parents and children experience. The divorce-stress-adjustment perceptive emphasizes that a complex interaction of stressors, specific vulnerabilities, and protective factors determine an individual child's adjustment to divorce.

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