| Description |
xx, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword: Jessie Bernard -- Part I: Perspectives on marital dissolution -- Marital instability in America : past, present, and future / Arthur J. Norton and Paul C. Glick -- A historical perspective on husband-wife bargaining power and marital dissolution / John Scanzoni -- A social psychological perspective on marital dissolution / George Levinger -- Part II: Social and psychological determinants of breakup -- Breakups before marriage : the end of 103 affairs / Charles T. Hill, Zick Rubin, Letitia Anne Peplau -- Premarital pregnancy and marital instability / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. -- The intergenerational transmission of marital instability : comparisons by race and sex / Hallowell Pope and Charles W. Mueller -- Couple strains in communal households : a four-factor model of the separation process / Dennis T. Jaffe and Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Part III: Economic determinants of breakup -- Marital cohesiveness at the brink : the fate of applications for divorce / George Levinger -- Work life and marital dissolution / Andrew Cherlin -- Public welfare payments and marital dissolution : a review of recent studies / Oliver C. Moles -- Part IV: Consequences for the ex-spouses -- Marital disruption as a stressful life event / Bernard L. Bloom, Stephen W. White, Shirley J. Asher -- The emotional impact of marital separation / Robert S. Weiss -- Adjustment to separation and divorce : a qualitative analysis / Graham B. Spanier and Robert F. Casto -- Divorced mothers : the costs and benefits of female family control / Janet A. Kohen, Carol A. Brown, Roslyn Feldberg -- Professional intervention in divorce : the views of lawyers, psychotherapists, and clergy / Kenneth Kressel [and others] -- Part V: Consequences for families and children -- Marital disruption and the lives of children / Mary Jo Bane -- Divorce in context : its impact on children / Cynthia Longfellow -- Fathers by choice : divorced men who receive custody of their children / Kelin E. Gersick -- Issues in the adjudication of custody when parents separate / Robert S. Weiss |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [337]-354 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Divorce -- United States.
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| Author |
Levinger, George Klaus, 1927-
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Moles, Oliver C. (Oliver Clinton), 1934-
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| LC no. |
78019815 |
| ISBN |
0465016820 |
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