Why kids of divorced parents divorce PsychCentral, July 12 — Is the chance of divorce a genetically inherited risk, or a by-product of the environment?
A new study investigates why children of divorced parents are roughly twice as likely to see their relationships end in divorce as compared to their peers from intact families. Study authors discovered the parents’ divorce itself, not genes or even problems such as parental substance abuse or delinquency, played a key role in the failed unions. Brian D’Onofrio, assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington, said that when a host of variables are taken into consideration, such as genetic risks and socioeconomic factors, the actual divorce still accounts for around 66 percent of the increased risk of divorce faced by children of divorced parents. Read the complete story. IU hopes to host national debate; Officials to visit possible sites of presidential debate Indiana Daily Student, July 12 — IU will have a better idea of whether or not a presidential debate will come to campus in 2008 Tuesday. Of the 17 venues vying to host a debate, three will be chosen for presidential debate
