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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786127703321

Autore

Demo David H

Titolo

Beyond the average divorce [[electronic resource] /] / David H. Demo, Mark A. Fine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2010

ISBN

1-4833-0202-4

1-4522-7471-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 198 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

FineMark A

Disciplina

306.890973

Soggetti

Divorce - United States

Divorce - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 - Introduction; PART I: Theoretical and Methodological Tools for Studying the Divorce Process; 2 - Conceptualizing Divorce Variation and Fluidity; 3 - Research Methods for Studying Variation and Fluidity in Divorce; 4 - Divorce and Family Transitions in Societal Context; PART II: The Divorce Process and Its Multiple Pathways; 5 - Variation in Predivorce Family Environments and Trajectories; 6 - Variations in Separation and Uncoupling; 7 - Variation and Fluidity in Adult Adjustment to Divorce; 8 - Variation and Fluidity in Children's Adjustment to Divorce

9 - Adults' and Children's Experience of Multiple Family Structure TransitionsFPART III: Future Directions; References; Author Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This work focuses on the fluid nature of divorce and variability to divorce. Rather than a simplistic, static view that emphasizes means and averages in looking at 'typical' family reactions to divorce, the book emphasizes variability, fluidity and change over time in the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce process.