| Description |
255 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
MyiLibrary
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Methods and methodology -- Theorizing contemporary intimate couple relationships and relationship histories -- The formerly married and former cohabitees : their lives, characteristics and repartnering behaviour -- Past, present and future : orientations towards repartnering -- "Risk", emotions and choice in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- Identity and intimacy in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- The formerly partnered and repartnering in contemporary Britain |
| Summary |
"Identity and Repartnering after Separation examines the lives and repartnering behaviour of formerly partnered people, a group pivotal to recent marital and family change. In addition to the formerly married, it focuses upon former cohabitees, an increasingly important group within the population. The analyses draw upon material from in-depth interviews with women and men of a variety of ages, and make use of theories about couple relationships in contemporary Western societies and theoretical ideas relating to themes such as intimacy, identity and 'risk'. Detailed statistical analyses of repartnering orientations and behaviour, carried out specifically for this book, complement this qualitative and theoretical material |
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Focusing on contemporary Britain, the book contains examinations of formerly partnered people's diverse experiences of being 'single', the significance of their earlier relationships, their orientations towards new relationships, and their self-identities in the context of a couple-orientated society."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Couples.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Interpersonal relations.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Separated people.
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Separation (Psychology)
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Remarriage.
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Single people.
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Unmarried couples.
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Courtship.
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Divorce -- psychology.
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Interpersonal Relations.
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Marriage.
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Spouses -- psychology.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
| Author |
Peggs, Kay, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2007018262 |
| ISBN |
1403939349 (alk. paper) |
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