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Introduction
Behaviour can be defined as the way in which an sometimes be seen as an institution where parents and
individual behaves or acts. It is the way of an children are together. Due to different reasons, the
individual’s conducting herself/himself. Behaviour family cannot fulfill its function fully, and as a result, it
should be viewed in reference to a phenomenon, an can lead to a bad situation. Familial changes; due to
object or person. It can be seen in reference to society death, divorce, temporary and persistent divisions are
norms, or the way in which one treats others or handles called fragmented or single-parent families (Soyaslan,
objects. Therefore, behavior is the way of an 1998). Broken family cannot fulfill its expected
individual’s acting towards people, society or objects. responsibilities due to its fragmented structure and
It can be either bad or good. It can be normal or some reasons.
abnormal according to society norms. Society will Children who grow up in fragmented or single-parent
always try to correct bad behaviour and try to bring families fail to fulfill their socialization tasks
abnormal behaviour back to normal (UNESCO, 2000, (Uluğtekin, 1991). The violent conflict created by the
p. 9). incompetence in the family causes the divorce by
The behavior can be defined as the movement of the weakening the relationship between the parents, and as
organization that can be viewed or measured in any a result of these divorces, a number of anti-social
way. Learning is relatively permanent change in an behaviors such as high anxiety, aggressiveness and
organism’s behavioral repertoire as a result of shyness are observed in children (Ulug and Candan,
experience. 2008). A child who cannot see as much support and
The family, which consists of parents and children, is love in a single parent will go on to show this need
very important for human life. Starting from loving and constantly (Yörükoğlu, 2004).
loving the child who comes from within a family in the A child belonging to a broken family has constant
world develops a healthy personality in accordance internal conflict. At the end of these conflicts, they
with the needs of his/her physical, mental and mental accused the family of children and showed an attitude
needs and obtains the most comprehensive information towards them (Wolf, 1998). Without the ability to
about the society to live in. The child, who has solve the problem, the child will face deeper problems
completed the socialization and education process with in the future because he cannot solve his anti-social
the help and contributions of the parents of the parents, behavior (Morganett, 2005). The research revealed that
gains a successful social life. A child observes a family divorce has negative consequences on children such as
communication based on mutual love, respect, sharing depression, stress, loneliness, irritability, and lack of
and solidarity, has a better relationship with the people attention (Herwig, Wirtz, and Bengel 2004; Jackson,
around him (Şentürk, 2012, p. 124). 2000).
Pre-school children learn about social behaviour in the The effects of divorce on children:
family, where rules of behaviour are specified Wade and Tavris (1990) investigate this issue from the
according to the family structure. These rules attachment frame.
determine the social behaviour of the child. Families Thirty years ago, divorce was rare and shameful.
apply various kinds of control when educating their Today, divorce is as common as the flu and often
children about social behaviour. Parents sometimes strikes as unpredictably, to couples married only a year
explain why the child must abided by a rule and other as well as to couples married for decades, affecting 1
times they just demand that she/he does it. The relation million children a year. A child born today has a 40
between the self control of the adult and her control percent chance of living through a second parental
over the child may be of interest. divorce by age 18. At least, the stigma of being
Deficiency of mother or father can cause lack of different is no longer a matter; we know a child who
behavioral performance for any children. What is the complains that she has “only” one set of parents (Wade
reason of any children’s having single parent? and Tavris, 1990, p. 485).
Nowadays, divorce is a very ordinary event. In each Despite its increasing prevalence, divorce continues to
state in the United States, every two new marriages be troubling, difficulty, and painful for children of all
result in a divorce (Schaie and Willis, 1996). Also in ages – just as it is troubling for most divorcing couples.
Europe, the rate of divorce has increased in the last two One reason is that human beings do not break their
decades (Jonsson, Njardik, Olafsdottir, and Gretarsson, attachments lightly, even bad attachments (Berman,
2000, p. 101). 1988; Bowlby, 1988). Married couples who fought
The family is defined as a complex social structure constantly are often surprised to discover, once
consisting of a common past, shared association, separated, how emotionally attached they remain to
emotional attachment, individual members of the each other. Children often persist in their attachment to
family, and individuals who plan action to meet the cold or abusive parent long after the parents have
needs of the entire family (Nazli, 2003). The family is abandoned them.
one of the effective institutions that guide children on According to longitudinal studies, the effects of
social development, adaptation and socialization divorce depend on the child’s gender, age, at the time
(Yavuzer, 2001). Feldman and Wentzel (1990) argue of the parents’ divorce, and whether you are looking at
that families can provide their children with social immediate or long-term reactions (Wallerstein, 1984;
acceptance thanks to the child-centered education they Wallerstein and Blakeslee, 1989):
will give their children. The core of family that Preschool-age children (ages 2 to 6) are the age group
constitutes the smallest unit of social structure can which most immediately distressed by their parent’s
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