The Impact of Divorce on ChildrenDivorce is the dissolution of a marriage that affects many people around the world. Divorce can be a heartbreaking process that affects not only the couple but their children as well. I will compare the impact of divorce on children in context to Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory. Individual The individual in this context is the child who is affected by the divorce of his or her parents. Studies show that divorce can affect a child's social skills (Kim, 2011). Research shows that gender is a factor and that girls tend to be more sensitive than boys to parental divorce (Brockmeyer, Crowell, Treboux, 2009). Another factor is the child's health. Divorce has an effect on the psychosocial health of children (Potter, 2010). When an individual's psychosocial health is poor, their academic performance is poor (Potter, 2010). The more recent the divorce, the more troubling it is for the child (Brown, Overland, Storksen, Thorsen, 2012).(1) Temperament is the natural mood with which someone is born (Bristor, 2010; Cobb, 2014a ) Thomas and Chess (two researchers) established nine qualities that show how people respond to their environment (Bristor, 2010). They found these qualities even in babies as young as two months old (Bristor, 2010). Temperament does not change over time, but as people grow, they can change how it is transmitted (Cobb, 2014a). When you see a child who is smiling all the time and generally just happy, that would be an example of temperament. Even in babies you can notice temperament. One of the characteristics of temperament is response intensity, which is how individuals deal with stress (Bristor, 2010). ways a child might handle the stressful situation...... middle of document ...... children after divorce: report of a 25-year longitudinal study, Psychoanalytic Psychology, 30(2), doi. :10.1037/a0032511Cobb, R.A. (2014a, February). Individual Subsystem: Personality. Ecological Contexts for Individual and Family Development. Lecture presented at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl. Cobb, RA (2014b, Family Structure & Ecological). Contexts of individual and family development. Lecture presented at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl. Cobb, RA (2014b, January). Family structure and function. Ecological contexts for individual and family development. Lecture presented at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl. Cobb, RA (January 2014c). Family structure and function. Ecological contexts for individual and family development. Lecture presented at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.