Divorce: Causes and Consequences

✍ Scribed by Professor Alison Clarke-Stewart

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Series: Current Perspectives in Psychology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on children, adults, and society. В Alison Clarke-Stewart and Cornelia Brentano synthesize the most up-to-date information on divorce from a variety of disciplinary perspectives with thoughtful analysis of psychological issues. They convey the real-life consequences of divorce with excerpts from autobiographies by young people, and they also include guidelines for social policies that would help to diminish the detrimental effects of divorce.

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Series Foreword by Alan E. Kazdin......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1. The Social Context of Divorce......Page 14
2. At Risk for Divorce......Page 42
3. A Marriage Ends......Page 65
4. Adults in the Aftermath of Divorce......Page 80
5. Effects of Divorce on Children......Page 119
6. What Causes Children’s Problems?......Page 144
7. What Helps Children Adjust?......Page 166
8. Child Custody and Child Support......Page 189
9. Remarriage and Stepfamilies......Page 226
10. Divorce: The Future......Page 247
Notes......Page 260
References......Page 292
Index......Page 350