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Divorce affects Hispanic teens less

Many Hispanic adolescents in the United States aren't as affected by the divorce of their parents, because their life situation is already poor, a study found.
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Published: Sept. 18, 2007 at 7:11 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Many Hispanic adolescents in the United States aren't as affected by the divorce of their parents, because their life situation is already poor, a study found.

"For many Hispanic adolescents, their life situation is already poor before their family dissolves -- there may not be much further for them to drop," study co-author Yongmin Sun of Ohio State University said in a statement.

Study co-authors Sun and Yuanzhang Li of the Allied Technology Group found European and Asian-American teens faced the most serious problems as the result of parental divorce or separation, followed by African-Americans because they start out with the most advantages in terms of well-being and resources.

The study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, found Asian-American adolescents seemed most affected by talking less to their parents, while African-American teens were most hurt by the shortage of economic resources and European Americans were equally hurt by shortages in parental time and economic resources.

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