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FlashCards por Vani Jadeja, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Vani Jadeja
aproximadamente 6 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Divorce/ separation of parents | Divorce: The legal dissolution of marriage. |
| Divorce rates are higher among: | 1.Blacks than whites 2. among lower-income couples 3. Couples who cohabitated, 4. Couples who do not have children, 5. People who marry at a relatively young age, 6.Whose parents divorced |
| Adjusting to Divorce | 1. more difficult and disruptive for women than for men 2. Women are less likely than their ex-husbands to have adequate income or a satisfying job. 3. Custodial mothersexperienced a 36% percent decrease in their standard of living, whereas non custodial fathers experienced a 28%increase. 4. highpreoccupation with one’s ex-spouse is associated with poorer adjustment to divorce |
| Factors associated with favorable adjustment after a divorce include | 1. Having higher income 2. Getting remarried 3. Having more positive attitudes about divorce 4. Being the partner who initiated the divorce |
| effects of divorce on children | 1. research by Wallerstein and E. Mavis Hetherington showed that divorce Can be difficult on children, but majority adjust after a few years 2. Can be beneficial if the parents; relationship is dominated by conflict. |
| 3. Experiencing divorce duringchildhood is a risk factor for many subsequent problemsin one’s adult years, including maladjustment, marital instability, and reduced occupational attainments | 4. children exhibit depression, anxiety, nightmares, dependency, aggression, withdrawal, distractibility, loweredacademic performance, reduced physical health, precocious sexual behaviour, and substance abuse |
| Remarriage and Step families | 1. The majority of divorced people eventually remarry. 2. However, divorce rates are slightly higher for second, than for first, marriages. |
| Step families or blended families | 1. in which both spouses bring children from a previous relationship ; are increasingly common and present unique adjustment challenges |
| 2. Wallerstein andLewis (2007) argue that there is an inherent instability in parenting, | 3. children in stepfamilies are a little less well-adjusted thanchildren in first marriages and are roughly similar in adjustment to children in single- parent homes |
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