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Bobo, Terry Skinner – 1987
Midlife divorce for women can be a time for creative growth or divorce can lead to loneliness, bitterness, and depression. Middle-aged women appear to experience an inordinate amount of stress from divorce because of loss of roles and lack of new role models. Based upon role theory and divorce as a normal developmental process, a feminist…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Coping, Divorce, Emotional Adjustment
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1980
This Congressional subcommittee report describes a study of national policies affecting midlife women, and represents the culmination of subcommittee hearings and a detailed examination of the problems of midlife women. An overview of the problem is followed by a discussion of major issues raised at the hearings and in committee study, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Counseling Services, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
