Objective: To survey the influence of family marital state on self-esteem and behaviors of middle school students. Methods: Middle school students, 144 from divorced families, 75 from re-married families, and 139 from normal marriage state families, were surveyed with the Chinese Family Assessment Device(FAD), the Behavior Problem Scale(BPS) and the Self-Esteem Scale(SES). Results: Family marital states significantly influenced the middle school students’ problem behavior and the problem solving dimension i...