The divorce-stress-adjustment perspective asserts that a child's adjustment to divorce is influenced by

A) only the level of resiliency of the child.
B) different vulnerabilities and protective factors.
C) only parental characteristics such as abusiveness.
D) the children's biological stress response to conflict.

B) different vulnerabilities and protective factors. The outcome of the divorce process is viewed as complex interaction of stressors, specific vulnerabilities, and protective factors determine an individual child's adjustment to divorce.

Psychology

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a. easy. b. very difficult. c. optimally challenging. d. maximally challenging.

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The validity of projective tests such as the TAT and Rorschach

a. is higher than that of objective tests such as the MMPI-2. b. is high, but their reliability is low. c. may be increased if used in a battery of tests. d. is low, but their reliability is high.

Psychology