Adolescent Adjustment to the Middle School Transition: The Intersection of Divorce and Gender in Review

Abstract

This study investigated the differences between adolescent boys and girls from divorced families’ adjustment to the middle school transition. A middle school transition survey measured the academic and social middle school transitional experiences of 196 adolescent boys and girls from divorced families. T-Test for Independent Means procedures revealed statistically significant differences between the male and female participants’ adjustment to the academic transition (F = 4.36, p