12/01/2025
According to a 2019 study conducted by child psychologists in Bethesda, Maryland (USA), which followed both married and divorced families with kids over a 22 year period, children of low-conflict divorce suffer from less instances of PTSD, anxiety, depression and insecure attachment then children from married parents with high conflict.
The study concluded, it is parental conflict, not necessarily divorce which significantly impacts children’s emotional and intellectual development.