Beyond the Average Divorce is a core text that introduces students and scholars to the research literature on divorce and changes which occurs in family structures. Rather than a simplistic, static view that emphasizes means and averages in looking at 'typical' family reactions to divorce, this text emphasizesvariability, fluidity, and change over time in the predivorce, divorce, and postdivorce process. The book also presents a dynamic theoretical model of divorce and how it is experienced and reacted to by family members in the complex variety of family situations. INDICE: Ch 1. Introduction: Variations in and Fluidity of Divorce Experiences and Outcomes PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR STUDYING THEDIVORCE PROCESS Ch 2. Conceptualizing Divorce Variation and Fluidity Ch 3. Research Methods for Stuyding Variation and Fluidity in Divorce Ch 4. Divorce and Family Transitions in Societal Context PART II: THE DIVORCE PROCESS AND ITS MULTIPLE PATHWAYS Ch 5. Variations in Predivorce Family Environments and Trajectories Ch 6. Variations in Separation and Uncoupling Ch 7. Variation and Fluidity in Adult Adjustment to Divorce Ch 8. Variation and Fluidity in Children'sAdjustment to Divorce Ch 9. Adult and Child Experiences of Multiple Family Structure Transitions PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS Ch 10. Implications and Conclusions References
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-2685-0
- Editorial: Sage
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 198
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés