Exam 14: Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

The life stress perspective assumes that divorce is a single event, rather than a process of associated events.

The high marriage rates in the combined with younger age at marriage have resulted in more divorces and higher divorce rates in that region.

The text poses the question, "Is making divorce harder to get a realistic idea?" Summarize the text's position in reference to this question.

Between 1960 and a peak in 1980, the refined divorce rate

Over the past decade, there has been a in fathers who have joint physical custody.

List four specific ways in which economics is related to marital stability.

What is the relationship between divorce and income? Be brief, specific, and complete in your answer.

One study cited in the text looked at the general character of postdivorce extended-kin relationships. This investigation found that, in half the cases, the kinship system included of divorce and of remarriage.

Though research on the topic is just beginning, it appears that the divorce rate for gay and lesbian couples

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of postdivorce relationships identified by Ahrons?

A consequence of remarriage, which has a higher divorce rate than first marriages, is an emerging trend of

Which of the following is NOT considered a reason for the stabilization of the divorce rate over the past three decades? a. Fewer people are marrying at younger ages. c. Divorce has once again become socially unacceptable.

Divorces occur relatively early in marriage. A large percentage end in about

The frequency of divorce increased throughout most of the twentieth century.

In nearly percent of married couple families in the United States the main householder reported that the couple was "separated."

In the custody variation in joint custody agreements, both parents have the right to participate in important decisions and retain a symbolically important legal authority, with physical custody (that is, residential care of the child) going to just one parent.

The divorce rate refers to the number of divorces per 1,000 married women over age 15.

In Amato's typology, the perspective stresses the quality of parenting in terms of children's adjustment to divorce.

In Amato's typology, the perspective assumes that, just as divorce is known to be an emotionally challenging life event for adults, it must also be so for children.

The perspective assumes that a family with both parents living in the same household is the optimal environment for children's development.