dissolution and loss of relationship

Question 1

answer

what is the chance that marriage will end in divorce

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

answer

what percentage of couples stay together for 10 years

Answer 2

64%

Question 3

answer

what percentage of couples stay together for 21 years

Answer 3

<50%

Question 4

answer

average length of marriage

Answer 4

18 years

Question 5

answer

median age for first divorce

Answer 5

• men- 31.8
• women- 29.4

Question 6

answer

what percentage of the adult population of the us is married

Answer 6

51%

Question 7

answer

what percentage of children live in a single-parent home

Answer 7

25%

Question 8

true or false

the us has the worlds highest divorce rate

Answer 8

true

Question 9

list

reason divorce rate has increased

Answer 9

• 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

Question 10

list

predictors of divorce

Answer 10

• lower SES
• lower sex ratio
• social mobility
• working women
• prior marriage
• premarital birth
• step children
• attachment style- avoidant
• non-religious

Question 11

explain

PAIR project

Answer 11

• 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

Question 12

list

reasons why marriages go awry

Answer 12

1. enduring dynamics
2. emergent distress
3. disillusionment

Question 13

explain

enduring dynamics

Answer 13

people who are less in love with eachother/ more at odds with eachother when they marry have worse marriages that are headed for divorce

Question 14

define

emergent distress

Answer 14

problematic bx begins after marriage, fall into patterns of increasing conflict

data doesn’t support this

Question 15

define

disillusionment

Answer 15

some people realize that marriage/life partners are less wonderful than they originally seemed

Question 16

describe

college student breakups

Answer 16

• indirect
• self oriented
• sudden
• individual (usually)
• could be rapid or protected
• absence of repair attempts

Question 17

list

Rollie and Duck’s 5 stages of dissolution

Answer 17

• personal phase
• dyadic phase
• social phase
• grave dressing phase
• ressurection

Question 18

define

personal phase

Answer 18

partner grows disastisfied

Question 19

define

dyadic phase

Answer 19

unhappy partner reveals discontent
long periods of negotation, confrontation and accomodation

Question 20

define

social phase

Answer 20

partners publicize their distress, seeking support

Question 21

define

grave dressing phase

Answer 21

partners start to put relationships behind them, a narriative of the breakup is created

Question 22

define

ressurection

Answer 22

re-entry into social life as singles

Question 23

define

churning

Answer 23

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

Question 24

define

firey foes

Answer 24

divorced; cannot work together under any circumstances

25%

Question 25

define

angry associates

Answer 25

divorced, can work together (Angrily)

25%

Question 26

define

cooperative collegues

Answer 26

not friends but can work together well

38%

Question 27

define

perfect pals

Answer 27

have strong friendship

12%

Question 28

list

characteristics of children of divorce

Answer 28

• lower levels of wellbeing
• poor psychological adjustment
• more depression/anxiety
• lower life satisfaction
• problematic bx (drug use, early pregnancy)
• lower grades
• more fragile relationships