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Divorce and Emotional Well-Being

 

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             Anger has a pronounced effect on a person's intellectual growth. However, there are ways to minimize the effect anger has on the brain. Laughter is most commonly known for minimizing stress and anger. According to Mack LeMouse, "Firstly, laughter relaxes the body by overriding stress and anger so relieving tension ". This is the main solution to getting rid of anger. .
             Anger is not the only emotion triggered by a divorce that affects a person intellectually. Anxiety is also a common emotion that a person experiences when goes through a divorce. It can also have a strong negative effect on a person's intellectual development. This can be understood when examining the direct relationship between anxiety and a person's IQ. According to eHow, "those born with low IQs are at increased risk of developing ˜chronic psychiatric disorders' such as an anxiety disorder, in adulthood. " Anxiety is a common emotion generated from experiencing a divorce and consequently, affects a person's ability to develop intellectually.
             Anxiety has often been expressed as having a negative effect on a person's intellect. Although this is true in many cases, anxiety has also been known to have a positive effects on a person's intellect. Health journalist Rachael Rettner explains, "In addition, those with anxiety disorders tend to have higher IQ scores than healthy people, as well as higher levels of activity in regions of the brain that aid in communication between parts of the brain. These regions are thought to have contributed to the evolutionary success of humans, the researchers say. " Anxiety can also stimulate a person's brain, increasing the brain's ability to communicate. This, consequently, results in acceleration in the classroom. .
             Divorce can be one of the hardest transitions a person can go through. In some cases, it is likened to losing a best friend; it can take a huge toll emotionally. Divorce not only affects the couple in the relationship, but it also affects their loved ones.


Essays Related to Divorce and Emotional Well-Being

1. A Father's Role in Childhood Development

Early theories proposed that a mother was biologically equipped to be a source of nurture and support for her children, suggesting that the mother's role as primary caregiver was essential to the wellbeing of the child (Feldman, 2010). ... Furthermore, positive interaction and relationships between father and child may affect cognitive, emotional, and motor development, as well as academic achievement and social behavior of children. ... The relationship a father has with the mother of his child can certainly impact his ability to be involved throughout childhood, such as with divorced a...

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2. Single Parent Families in Africa

Among these divorced or separated mothers are 58%,never married mothers are 24% and widow mothers are 7%,divorced or separated fathers are 8.4%,never married are 1.5% and widowers are 0.9%. ... Problems such families have to face range from poverty, poor education and juvenile delinquency for the children, emotional stress for both parents and children. ... Poverty affects the wellbeing of children indirectly through negative impact on family relations. ... Most parents end up depressed and alcoholics as a result of emotional stress and for children may end up performing poorly at school and ...

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3. Parent Separation and the Impact on Children

I was a child that came from parents who were separated, it affected my wellbeing. ... If a couple separates and has one or more children together, the children suffer from social, emotional, and physical problems (Divorce or Separation of Parents). ... The child is often affected with guilt towards the separation (Divorce or Separation of Parents). ... The child often also feels anger towards the parents for ruining the family (Divorce or Separation of Parents). ... All children that come from a separated family have the fear of losing another parent (Divorce or Separation of Parents). ...

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4. Values should be taught in the home

Sprouting from divorced families, out of control children, and teen pregnancies among other aspects, there is a strong feeling spreading across the nation that its moral beliefs are inadequate and need to be changed. ... After the shooting in 1999, many parents began to pay more attention to their children's moral values by contributing toward their emotional wellbeing, censoring what their children watched on television, and making time to sit and talk with their children. ...

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5. Popular Culture and the Socialization of Marriage

Canadian marriages have been found to be longer and more stable than marriages in the Unites States (White 1947:646), despite more than 1/3 of Canadian marriages ending in divorce before the 30th wedding anniversary (Clark and Compton 2006:233). ... Emotional investment, common interests, trust, and influence (Allan 1992:41) can carry a lot of clout a relationship decisions. ... Domestic abuse is physical, emotional, or sexual violation, or most typically a combination of all three (London, Myers and Scott 2002:883). ... Toula's family believes that they are enhancing their overall wellbe...

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6. Perspectives on One Parent Families

The social norms that have developed around divorce and either choosing to or having to raise children alone have come a long way in the past 50 years. ... These factors may instigate long-term emotional distress or include economic hardships as the sole provider for the family. ... For me the choice (if I actually had one) to involve the father would, in my opinion, bring an additional pile of stress and emotional strife to my plate and I can only imagine how my daughters would be different if that were the case. ... When one has an added lack of emotional support, showing up and caring for t...

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7. An Interdisciplinary Understanding of Childhood

In the recent years, many disciplines have focused on understanding childhood. Researchers from psychology, sociology, human development, religious studies, and other disciplines have sought to analyze childhood. However, the fact that all these disciplines have held varying perspectives without the...

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8. Teen Depression and Suicide

These factors can also lead teens to commit suicide according to Apter (2010) "Social risk factors for adolescent suicide include parental separation, divorce, and family discord, as well as child abuse and imitation. ... These lack of social skills in children stick with them into their pre teen and teenage years and cause them to be more susceptible to being bullied or being bullied, not being able to deal with emotional stress, not having the social skills to deal with everyday situations and depending on people/material items/substances to help them get by. ...

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9. Drugs, Addiction and Ruined Lives

It can also result in life threatening symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, and restlessness, insomnia and nightmares, racing heart, nausea, and headache. 3- Opiates: They decrease the feeling of pain and increase the feeling of wellbeing and give a feeling of euphoria which can cause slow breathing and in higher doses is suppressed completely leading to death. ...

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