A great deal of research also has shown that divorce is a "critical factor" leading to adolescent problems like deviant behavior, truancy, drug abuse, early sexual experience, childhood pregnancy, and depression.
也有不少研究結果指出，父母離婚是導致青少年行為偏差、輟學、藥物濫用、過早性經驗、未成年懷孕、憂鬱等問題的「高危險因子」。