dissolution and loss of relationship Flashcards
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what is the chance that marriage will end in divorce
50%
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what percentage of couples stay together for 10 years
64%
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what percentage of couples stay together for 21 years
<50%
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average length of marriage
18 years
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median age for first divorce
- men- 31.8
- women- 29.4
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what percentage of the adult population of the us is married
51%
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what percentage of children live in a single-parent home
25%
true or false
the us has the worlds highest divorce rate
true
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reason divorce rate has increased
- expectations are too high
- increased participation in larbor force
- women are more finacially independent
- increaseing individualisim
- perception of divorce less negative
- cohabitation stigma gone down
- children of divorce
- witnessing divorce
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predictors of divorce
- lower SES
- lower sex ratio
- social mobility
- working women
- prior marriage
- premarital birth
- step children
- attachment style- avoidant
- non-religious
explain
PAIR project
- 168 couples married in 1981 followed for 30 years
- 35% of couples divorced after 13 years
- 20% married but unhappy
- 45% happily married but less satisfied
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reasons why marriages go awry
- enduring dynamics
- emergent distress
- disillusionment
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enduring dynamics
people who are less in love with eachother/ more at odds with eachother when they marry have worse marriages that are headed for divorce
define
emergent distress
problematic bx begins after marriage, fall into patterns of increasing conflict
data doesn’t support this
define
disillusionment
some people realize that marriage/life partners are less wonderful than they originally seemed
describe
college student breakups
- indirect
- self oriented
- sudden
- individual (usually)
- could be rapid or protected
- absence of repair attempts
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Rollie and Duck’s 5 stages of dissolution
- personal phase
- dyadic phase
- social phase
- grave dressing phase
- ressurection
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personal phase
partner grows disastisfied
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dyadic phase
unhappy partner reveals discontent
long periods of negotation, confrontation and accomodation
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social phase
partners publicize their distress, seeking support
define
grave dressing phase
partners start to put relationships behind them, a narriative of the breakup is created
define
ressurection
re-entry into social life as singles
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churning
when partners break up but get back together, sometimes repeatedly
after final breakup. commitment usually wanes to nothing
LGBT relationships more likely to stay friends
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firey foes
divorced; cannot work together under any circumstances
25%
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angry associates
divorced, can work together (Angrily)
25%
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cooperative collegues
not friends but can work together well
38%
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perfect pals
have strong friendship
12%
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characteristics of children of divorce
- lower levels of wellbeing
- poor psychological adjustment
- more depression/anxiety
- lower life satisfaction
- problematic bx (drug use, early pregnancy)
- lower grades
- more fragile relationships
