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How Divorce Can Affect Children’s Future Relationships.

Forfattere: McMahon, Heather | År: 2021 | Kapitel:

Forældreorlov kan påvirke børns fremtidige relationer. Forskning viser, at børn af skilte forældre ofte har lavere oxytocinniveauer, hvilket kan føre til usikre tilknytningsmønstre og udfordringer i voksenrelationer. Dog kan mange stadig danne stabile forhold som voksne.

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The Psychology Today article “How Divorce Can Affect Children’s Future Relationships” (March 16, 2021) explores how parental divorce reshapes children’s relational landscapes, spotlighting oxytocin’s role in attachment. Research suggests marital separation disrupts oxytocin systems, influencing attachment styles and echoing into adult romantic bonds. Children of divorce face higher risks of substance use—linked to altered oxytocin production— with studies tying parental splits to earlier drinking and heavier consumption by age 32. Yet, the piece cautions against fatalism: attachment styles shift in about 30% of people over time, adapting to contexts and partners, and some question if a truly secure style exists. Divorce molds how kids navigate trust and intimacy, much like any formative upheaval, but its script isn’t fixed—resilience and context can rewrite the narrative, offering hope beyond the shadow of early disruption.