ISBN:
9780789003195
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (243 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Divorce and Remarriage : International Studies
DDC:
306.89
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Divorce and Remarriage brings together for the first time a unique collection of international studies focusing on many aspects of divorce particular to individual cultures. It looks at the implications of divorce on the personal level, as well as on the broader social level, in several different countries. On the personal level, it discusses smoking and alcohol use as stress factors in marriage and the effects of divorce on children, and, on the social level, it discusses a country's level of development and urbanization and its impact on marriage patterns and divorce rates. With divorce rate
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; AUSTRALIA; Divorce Australian Style: A Demographic Analysis; Stress Following Marriage Breakdown: Does Social Support Play a Role?; CHILE; Children of Divorce: Academic Outcome; GERMANY; Interaction Behaviour of Preschool Children from Single and Two Parent Families; CHINA; Impacts of Social Pressure and Social Support on Distress Among Single Parents in China; HUNGARY; The Regional Variation of Divorce in Hungary; ICELAND
Description / Table of Contents:
An Icelandic Study of Five Parental Life Styles: Conditions of Fathers Without Custody and Mothers with CustodyISRAEL; The "Invisible" Figure of the Deceased Spouse in a Remarriage; A Model for the Evaluation of Readiness for Divorce; JAPAN; Marriage and Divorce in Japan; THE NETHERLANDS; Stepfamily Lifestyles and Adolescent Well-Being in The Netherlands; NORWAY; Marital Dissolution as a Stressor: Some Evidence on Psychological, Physical, and Behavioral Changes in the Pre-Separation Period; UNITED KINGDOM; Infant-Mother Attachment in Separated and Married Families; WALES
Description / Table of Contents:
The Relationship Between Marital Disruption and Adolescent Values: A Study Among 13-15 Year OldsINTERNATIONAL; Correlates of Worldwide Divorce Rates; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
