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Table of Contents:

• I: Introduction. Divorce and relationship dissolution in the 21st century / Mark A. Fine and John H. Harvey
• II: Demographic and historical aspects of divorce and relationship dissolution. Divorce and relationship dissolution research : then and now / Gay C. Kitson
• Historical trends in divorce in the United States / Paul R. Amato and Shelley Irving
• The demographic future of divorce and dissolution / Jay Teachman, Lucky Tedrow, and Matthew Hall
• III: Causes, underlying processes, and antecedents of divorce and relationship dissolution. What predicts divorce and relationship dissolution? / Amy E. Rodrigues, Julie H. Hall, and Frank D. Fincham
• Perspectives on premarital postdissolution relationships : account-making of friendships between former romantic partners / Masahiro Masuda
• Hurtful interactions and the dissolution of intimacy / Anita L. Vangelisti
• Relationship dissolution following infidelity / Julie H. Hall and Frank D. Fincham
• What goes up may come down : sex and gendered patterns in relational dissolution / Steve Duck and Julia T. Wood
• Social construction of accounts in the process of relationship termination / John H. Harvey and Mark A. Fine
• Process of disaffection in relationship breakdown / Karen Kayser and Satya S. Rao
• Divorce and dissolution of romantic relationships : stage models and their limitations / Stephanie S. Rollie and Steve Duck
• Coparenting following divorce and relationship dissolution / Kari Adamsons and Kay Pasley
• Mechanisms of distress and dissolution in physically aggressive romantic relationships / Erika Lawrence, Eunyoe Ro, Robin Barry, and Mali Bunde
• IV: Consequences of divorce and relationship dissolution. The kids are alright (at least, most of them) links between divorce and issolution and child well-being / Bonnie L. Barber and David H. Demo
• Consequences of divorce for parents / Sanford L. Braver, Jenessa R. Shapiro, and Matthew R. Goodman
• Influence of parental divorce on romantic relationships in young adulthood a cognitive-developmental perspective / Denise S. Bartell
• Stress-related growth following divorce and relationship dissolution / Ty Tashiro, Patricia Frazier, and Margit Berman
• Economic aspects of divorce and relationship dissolution / Liana Sayer
• V: Coping with divorce and relationship dissolution. Divorce as prelude to stepfamily living and the consequences of redivorce / Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman, and Jason Hans

• Communication processes that promote risk and resiliency in postdivorce families / Tamara D. Afifi and Kellie Hamrick
• No breakup occurs on an island : social networks and relationship dissolution / Susan Sprecher, Diane Felmlee, Maria Schmeeckle, and Xiaoling Shu
• VI: Variations in divorce and relationship dissolution patterns and processes. Divorce in the context of being African American / Terri L. Orbuch and Edna Brown
• Same-sex relationships and their dissolution / Ramona Faith Oswald and Eric Clausell
• Divorce and relationship dissolution among Latino populations in the United States / Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Edna C. Alfaro
• VII: Policy issues pertaining to divorce and relationship dissolution. The law of divorce and relationship dissolution / Margaret M. Mahoney
• In the presence of grief: the role of cognitive-emotional adaptation in contemporary divorce mediation / David A. Sbarra and Robert E. Emery
• Educational interventions for separating and divorcing parents and their children / Karen R. Blaisure and Margie J. Geasler
• VIII: Commentaries. Trying to understand close relationships / Robert S. Weiss
• The changing reasons for marriage and divorce / Ellen Berscheid
• Proposals for research on the consequences of divorce for children / Alan Booth.

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Contributors:

Fine, Mark A.

Harvey, John H., 1943-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Divorce

Separation (Psychology)

Man-woman relationships

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Physical Description:

xiii, 679 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Call Numbers:

HQ814 .H27 2006

ISBNs:

0805851283 (casebound, alk. paper)
0805859055

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2005017773

OCLC Numbers:

60798430