Portrait of divorce : adjustment to marital breakdown /

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Author / Creator:Kitson, Gay C.
Imprint:New York : Guilford Press, 1992.
Description:xviii, 438 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on marriage and the family
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1313936
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Other authors / contributors:Holmes, William M. (William Michael), 1946-
ISBN:0898620813
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What Do We Know about Divorce, and What Do We Still Need to Know?
  • 2. How the Divorced and Married Were Studies: Methods of Sampling and Measurement
  • 3. Risk Factors for Divorce: A Comparison of the Study Samples
  • 4. Estrangement: The Emotional Divorce
  • 5. The Causes of Divorce
  • 6. The Impact of Divorce on Emotional Adjustment
  • 7. Children in Divorce: Parents' Perceptions of the Impact of Divorce on Their Children
  • 8. The Economic Divorce
  • 9. Social Support in Divorce
  • 10. Life after Divorce: The Alternatives
  • 11. Adjustment to Divorce: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Patterns
  • 12. Conclusions, or Where Do We Go from Here?