Mahon Noreen E, Yarcheski Adela, Yarcheski Thomas J
College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07002, USA.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2003 Aug;18(4):267-73. doi: 10.1016/s0882-5963(03)00086-1.
This study examined differences in anger, anxiety, and depression between early adolescents from divorced families and early adolescents from intact families. To control for extraneous variables, 24 early adolescents from divorced families were matched with 24 early adolescents from intact families according to gender, age, race, and grade in school. All responded to measures of state anger, state anxiety, and depression. Using the t test, one of the three hypotheses was supported. Statistically significant differences were found in state anger, but not in state anxiety or depression, between the two groups. Implications for nursing are addressed.
