Exam 15: Divorce: Before and After

More than __________ of all divorces involve children under eighteen, and about 40 percent of children born to married parents will experience marital disruption.

What is joint physical custody and how well or poorly does it work out, according to research?

In looking at outcomes for divorced parents, Hetherington found that __________ percent of children were "coping reasonably well."

In Louisiana, Arizona, and Arkansas, __________ marriage can be selected at the time of marriage or later as an alternative to standard marriage.

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.

Race and ethnicity are differentially associated with the chances of divorcing.

The poverty rate of single custodial mothers __________ between 1993 and 2007; although at 27 percent, it remains higher than that of custodial fathers.

Most research presents a consistent picture of post-divorce __________ for women.

Dana and David have recently divorced. Each of them has discovered that their relationships with extended kin and with friends have changed rather dramatically since the dissolution of their marriage. These circumstances reflect which "station" of divorce?

List and briefly describe each of the "stations of divorce."

Long marriages are more likely to end in divorce because marital happiness declines over time.

Many observers attribute our society's high divorce rate to the fact that Americans expectations for marriage are too high these days.

Based on research findings cited in the text, discuss the impact of parental divorce on adult children.

__________ is an alternative, non-adversarial means of dispute resolution by which a couple, with the assistance of a third party, negotiate the terms of the divorce settlement.

The __________ effect refers to a situation where employment contributes to the divorce of an unhappily married woman by offering her the economic power and the self-confidence to help her decide on marital dissolution.

WWallerstein and her colleagues followed their sample of children of divorce for ten years. In terms of the impact of divorce on these children ten years later and after, the overall impression left by their research is one of

Home ownership elevates the risk of divorce.

Sociologists Sharon Houseknecht and Jaya Sastry conducted research to examine the relationship between family "decline" and child well-being in four industrialized countries. Which nation had the highest family decline score?

According to the text, it appears that no-fault divorce laws have themselves led to more divorce.

On average, in comparison with their counterparts from stable households, adult children of divorced parents