title: [Adaptation of adolescents to the death or divorce of parents.].
abstract: Research conducted on a sample of 5,539 francophone adolescents of the island of Montréal (from first year of High School to last year of Cégep) shows 446 children with divorced parents (9.82 %) and 330 orphans (7.27%). Simple and controlled comparisons of these two groups with adolescents living with both parents reveal a regular pattern where children of divorced families perceive themselves at a disadvantage, followed by orphans in the middle. The authors also analyse how the length of a divorce, the age at which parents divorced and the sex of the guardian parent influence the children. The authors then discuss the fact there are more girls born from divorced families.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Saucier
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ambert