Exam 15: Divorce: Before and After

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

Charlene is a single mother with low income. She receives a government grant based on the number of children she has. Charlene's situation reflects

The good divorce does not end a family but instead produces a __________-two households, one family.

The __________ divorce refers to ruptures of relationships and changes in social networks that come about as a result of divorce.

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.

W__________ divorce laws, which exist in all fifty states, have eliminated legal concepts of guilt and are a symbolic representation of how our society now views divorce.

Over __________ percent of first marriages are likely to end in divorce.

There are more than __________ noncustodial mothers, concentrated in the twenty-five to forty-five age range and lower- to middle-class economic level.

Sociologist Catherine Ross compared levels of psychological distress for men and women in four different categories. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

As of 2001, three states have enacted covenant marriage laws. Which of the following is NOT one of these states?

The Binuclear Family Study was led by sociologist

In order to obtain a divorce when a couple has a covenant marriage, fault must be proven. Which of the following is NOT one of the examples given by the text as "fault," or justification for divorce?

In 1970, the state of __________ was the first to introduce no-fault divorce legislation.

Research has determined that wives' employment does not have a direct influence on marital quality, yet employed women have higher divorce rates in comparison with unemployed women. Explain this finding.

Generally, evidence suggests that adult children of divorced parents feel less obligation to their parents. Social scientists have posited four reasons for these findings. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

The marital complaint most frequently mentioned by both men and women involves the lack of satisfying sex.

In which of the following race/ethnic categories are children least likely to be living in two-parent families?

Which of the following is NOT one of sociologist Paul Bohannan's "stations" of divorce?

A(n) __________ divorce is the dissolution of marriage by the state through a court order terminating the marriage.

In Amato's typology, the __________ perspective holds that conflict between parents prior to, during, and after the divorce is responsible for the lowered well-being of children of divorce.