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Peer reviewedLevinger, George – Journal of Social Issues, 1976
The hypothetical constructs of attraction and barrier forces, as well as contrasting alternative attractions are used to organize the research literature on the determinants of marital stability and dissolution. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Problems, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Instability
Peer reviewedLevinger, George; Moles, Oliver C. – Journal of Social Issues, 1976
Aspects of American society conducive to separation, sources of strain between partners, beliefs and norms about marital permanence, and evidence as to dissolution precipitating events are examined in the light of the papers in this issue, employing the four factor Kanter model. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: American Culture, Divorce, Family Problems, Marital Instability
