Exam 15: Divorce: Before and After

While studying children's postdivorce adjustment, psychologist Judith Wallerstein was surprised at their later educational downward mobility. __________ percent of the study children were likely to receive less education than their fathers.

The text points out that children, fear of losing the child, religion, and a lack of financial resources are sometimes perceived by spouses as __________ divorce.

More than half of all divorces involve children under eighteen.

Upon divorce, a couple undergoes a(n) __________ divorce in which they become independent parties with regard to property, income, control of expenditures, responsibility for taxes, debts, and so forth.

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of post-divorce relationships identified by Ahrons?