Sociologist Paul Amato Has Studied How the Well-Being of Adults

Multiple Choice

Sociologist Paul Amato has studied how the well-being of adults is related to the state of their parents' marriages when the participants were children.What best represents the findings of that study?

A) If the parents' marriage ended in divorce,the level of discord had no additional effect on well-being.
B) If the parents had a lot of discord,divorce had no additional effect on well-being.
C) If the parents had little discord and divorced,or if the parents' marriage had a lot of discord but the couple remained married,the children had the poorest well-being as adults.
D) If the parents' marriage had a lot of discord and then ended in divorce,the children had the lowest well-being as adults.