Dykeman

Dykeman’s (2003) article is about children who belong to broken families. The aim of the article is to determine the effects of divorce on the behavior of children. The author argued that parental divorce has a negative effect on children psychosocial well being. The negative effects of divorce are manifested in children’s classroom behavior. Children that have experience family dissolution experience difficult time adjusting in social and psychological aspect of school life. The children acted out the effects of divorce in the classroom and the author posits that family conflict resolution will reduce the maladaptive behavior of children in the classroom.

The children were exposed to treatment and their behavior was measured using a pre and post test method. The difference between the pre and post test results was computed using the t-test. The t-test applied in the research is a two tailed t-test. The two paired t test is used when there is one measurement variable and two nominal variables. The nominal variables are often pre and post test, so the author’s use of two paired t-test is appropriate. The author will be able to measure what it intends to measure using this statistical technique.

The research findings suggest that children maladaptive behavior such as physical and verbal aggression were reduced after they were subjected to family conflict resolution treatment. The findings suggested that family conflict resolution can really help children who belong to broken families and manifested aggressive behavior in the classroom. The aggressive behaviors of these children are not considered pathological. However, the children are often sent to special education class without actually receiving the appropriate treatment. The findings of the article suggest that children who are product of marriage dissolution should be referred to social workers and psychologists to receive appropriate intervention. They should not be sent to special classes because their...