Parental separation and adolescent externalizing problems
Research shows that parental separation/divorce is associated with adolescent externalizing problems and substance use. However, these effects are heterogeneous, and it remains unclear for which adolescents and under what conditions parental separation strongly predicts adolescent externalizing problems. This project led by past Honors student Madi Bissa aimed to examine the moderators of the association between parental separation and adolescent externalizing problems (including substance use) through a systematic review.
Funding: Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Summer Fellowship