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Peer reviewedBooth, Alan; Edwards, John N. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985
Examines the age-at-marriage/marital instability relationship in a national sample (N=1,715). Results suggested that the relationship could be largely explained by inadequate role performance, though the specific inadequacies in performance differed somewhat for the early and later marrieds. (NRB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Divorce, Marital Instability, Marriage
Peer reviewedJohnston, Janet R. – Family Relations, 1990
Tested model of family structure and process using 133 children where both divorced parents remained in children's lives about 3 years after separation. Found role diffusion, lack of coparental alliance, parental boundary problems, parent-child rejection associated with reduced social competence and behavioral difficulties (especially in boys and…
Descriptors: Children, Divorce, Family Structure, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedKressel, Kenneth; Hochberg, Allan M. – Journal of Divorce, 1987
Attempted to validate previously identified classification of divorce attorneys as Counselors or Advocates and to assess practitioner attitudes towards divorce reform. Found that concordance rate for classification was not statistically different from chance. Concerning attitudes, most respondents expressed dissatisfaction with current legal…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Classification, Counseling, Court Litigation
Download full textCrosbie-Burnett, Margaret – 1985
Many states are adopting joint custody legislation to support continued relationships between children of parental divorce and both of their biological parents. This study examined the effects of joint versus maternal legal custody, whether or not the stepfather had biological children from a prior marriage, and the sex and age of an adolescent on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Custody, Divorce
Caine, Robert L. – 1981
Previous studies by Newman, Whittemore, and Newman (NWN) reported that between the years 1959 and 1963 and the years 1962 and 1967, percentages of women in the labor force increased as well as suicide rates. The role of women in the labor force was indicative of anomie, which correlated with suicide. The relationship between working women and…
Descriptors: Divorce, Employed Women, Females, Labor Force
Kazak, Anne E. – 1980
The single-parent, woman-headed, post-divorce family has become an increasingly prevalent family form and one which merits further research attention in order to identify competencies and stresses characteristic of this lifestyle. The life situations of a sample of women (N=47) were investigated in terms of their perceived levels of competence in…
Descriptors: Competence, Coping, Divorce, Family Structure
Peer reviewedTian, Yanfeng – Higher Education, 1996
Analysis of higher education enrollments in the United States and United Kingdom in 1970-87 found that the divorce rate is positively related to women's enrollment in the United States, and unemployment is positively related to enrollment for men, but not for women, in both the United States and the United Kingdom. These and related policy issues…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Divorce, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Influences
