Second, we test mediation models namely whether the association between childhood family structure and general adulthood life satisfaction is mediated by life outcomes that may be summarized as adulthood life success, including educational attainment, employment
status,
occupational prestige, net income, physical health, integration into social networks, and success in romantic relationships as there is evidence that these life - circumstances are
affected in a negative way by growing up in a single parent household and / or by having experienced parental divorce [5].