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| -not living together anymore--can be in same house |
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| setting terms for seperation--still legally married, usually end date for seperation--then evaluate |
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-someone in family just leaves
-normally father
-happened a lot in depression
-can't legally get divorced until so many years |
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-still married legally
-church sees marriage as never happeneing |
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| -become divorced, never married, could happen because of age or never consumating marriage |
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-used to happen more than it does now
-if want to get marriage certificate for new person, have to bring death certificate of other |
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-have to get legal contract to have marriage be done
-85-90% of americans married at least once
-at fault
-no fault
-most divorces (over 50%) involve kids
15% of marriages that break up have high levels on conflict
-largest cause of depression in kids |
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-only legal in New York State
-one of partners has to be bad guy
-you have done something to spoil marriage |
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-isn't anyones fault
-can get divorce even though only one partner wants it
-created in mid 70's |
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-cohabitation: especially with other person
-age at marriage
-divorce of parents and friends
-impatience
-preassure
-no religion
-money problems
-reluctance to discuss feelings
-mis-management of conflict |
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-can be too old or too young
-under 20: don't know yourself yet
-over 35: set in your ways |
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| most disruptive time in divorce is |
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| initial physical seperation |
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| couple works with family therapist or counselor--they set terms for their own divorce |
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| judge sets terms of divorce |
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-freedom
-personal growth
-health problems: psychological and physical
-social readjustments
-finacial readjustments |
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-women household income
-men household income |
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-goes down 70%
-goes up 40%
-divorce harder on women if she has custody |
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-one person has custody
-father usually don't want custody |
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| -children live with one or both parents, parents share decisions about children |
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| children spend half time with each parents |
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| one kid goes to one place, the other kid to the other |
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| percent of custody to mothers |
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| from first marriage to second... |
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| remaired fathers have reduced involvment with children from first marriage |
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-30% of kids eventually need therapy
-kids have problems with sexual identity, intamcy, and self control
-boys: angry, uncertian with relationships
-girls: difficutly establishing realistic view of men |
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| affects of divorce on children depends on |
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-ages of children
-nature of marriage before divorce
-nastiness and anger between parents
-role of father
-quality of parenting before, during, and after divorce |
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-emotional: disengage from marriage
-legal: court-ordered termination
-econmoic divorce
-coparental divorce: kids
-community: social world changes
-psychic: one feels like seperate individual again |
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| calculated by taking the number of divorces and the number of marriages in a given year and producing a ratio to represent how often divorce occurs relative to marriage |
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| represents number of divorces in a given year for every 1000 people in population |
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| measures the number of divorces that occur in a given year for every 1,00 marriages |
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| calculation allows researchers to estimate how many new marriages will likely end in divorce |
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marriaes and divorce rates...
-U.S. divorce rates... |
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-have declined
-hgher than anywhere else |
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degree of interaction between individuals and the larger community
-Potentially important factor related to the incidence of divorce |
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| increased liklihood of divorce/decreased liklihood |
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-unemployment increase
-womens employment increase
-higher income decrease
-higher education decrease |
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| intergenerational transmission |
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| increased likelihood that divorce will occur to people whose parents are divorced |
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-first few years of marriage
-longer term outcomes |
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-strong link between maritial hapiness and divorce
-liking and trusting partner after |
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-cite more emotional or relational issues for divorce
-cite more external factors or claim ignorance |
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| things experienced within daily life of married couples that directly raise probability of divorce |
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| brought by each spouse to relationship and raise likelihood that marital problems will later arise |
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| establishing new identity following marital seperation |
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-Transition: characterized by separation distress and loneliness, ends after first year, starts life as single person
-Recovery: begins in second year and last between one and three years, mood swings and depression fewer and not as extreme, self-doubts lie below surface |
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