Which of the following is the BEST example of a sleeper effect of divorce?
A) Sixteen-year-old Matt is failing 10th grade following his parents' divorce six months ago.
B) Thirty-year-old Megan, whose parents divorced when she was ten, has been married four different times.
C) Fifteen-year-old Teresa got pregnant three months after her mother and father divorced.
D) Seventeen-year-old Patrick is depressed and rebellious as a result of his father's emotional dependency.
B) Thirty-year-old Megan, whose parents divorced when she was ten, has been married four different times. The signs of sleeper effect do not typically emerge until several years after a divorce, when children reach adolescence or adulthood.
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