Editing Developmental psychology (section)

===Divorce===
Another parental factor often debated in terms of its effects on child development is divorce. Divorce in itself is not a determining factor of negative child outcomes. In fact, the majority of children from divorcing families fall into the normal range on measures of psychological and cognitive functioning.<ref name=Whiteside>{{cite journal | vauthors = Whiteside MF, Becker BJ | title = Parental factors and the young child's postdivorce adjustment: a meta-analysis with implications for parenting arrangements | journal = Journal of Family Psychology | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 5–26 | date = March 2000 | pmid = 10740679 | doi = 10.1037/0893-3200.14.1.5 | name-list-style = vanc }}</ref> A number of mediating factors play a role in determining the effects divorce has on a child, for example, divorcing families with young children often face harsher consequences in terms of demographic, social, and economic changes than do families with older children.<ref name=Whiteside /> Positive coparenting after divorce is part of a pattern associated with positive child coping, while hostile parenting behaviors lead to a destructive pattern leaving children at risk.<ref name=Whiteside /> Additionally, direct parental relationship with the child also affects the development of a child after a divorce. Overall, protective factors facilitating positive child development after a divorce are maternal warmth, positive father-child relationship, and cooperation between parents.<ref name=Whiteside />