scholarly journals Marital Dissolution, Remarriage, and Childbearing

Demography ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arland Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dissolution

Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler (2019)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy D. Manning ◽  
Pamela J. Smock ◽  
Arielle Kuperberg
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dissolution

Repartnering and trajectories of life satisfaction after separation and divorce in middle and later life

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110095
Author(s):  
Sandra Gloor ◽  
Stefanie Gonin-Spahni ◽  
Hansjörg Znoj ◽  
Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Marital Dissolution ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Initial Recovery ◽  
Trait Resilience

Separation and divorce are life events that might alter life satisfaction on the long term. Previous literature suggests a recovery of life satisfaction after marital dissolution for most individuals, simultaneously emphasizing considerable heterogeneity in the extent and timing of such adaptation. A new partnership seems to be a promising factor for a positive post-separation adjustment process. At the same time, the question arises whether people with beneficial characteristics, such as higher trait resilience, may have a double advantage by recovering faster and being more likely to find a new partner. However, little research has concurrently investigated the consequences of repartnering and favorable personal attributes on life satisfaction of middle- and older-aged people, especially not beyond the initial recovery period. Our data stem from a three-wave longitudinal questionnaire study including 199 participants after a separation, all single at the beginning of the study. Latent growth modeling was applied to investigate trajectories of life satisfaction, examining the role of a new intimate partnership, while controlling for trait resilience. Trait resilience represented a strong general predictor for inter-individual differences in the initial level of life satisfaction. However, an increase in life satisfaction over time was only observed in the group of participants who engaged in a new partnership. This increase occurred independently of preexisting differences in beneficial characteristics, such as high levels of trait resilience or life satisfaction. Thus, repartnering is associated with improvement of life satisfaction beyond the first adaptation phase after separation and is therefore important to prevent long-term negative consequences.

Let’s Drink to Being Socially Active: Family Characteristics, Social Participation, and Alcohol Abuse across Mid- and Later-life

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-469
Author(s):  
Eric M. Vogelsang ◽  
Joseph T. Lariscy
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Marital Dissolution ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Linked Lives ◽  
Using Data

Researchers and practitioners often extol the health benefits of social relationships and social participation for older adults. Yet they often ignore how these same bonds and activities may contribute to negative health behaviors. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (16,065 observations from 7,007 respondents), we examined how family characteristics, family history, and social participation predicted three measures of alcohol abuse between ages 53 and 71. Results indicate that, generally, greater social participation is associated with increased drinking days per month. We also found that religious participation and having ever lived with an alcoholic are each associated with reporting possible alcohol dependence but not with alcohol consumption itself. Lastly, we identified gendered associations between marital dissolution and drinking behavior. These findings contextualize the increasing rates of alcohol abuse among older adults by emphasizing the possible negative consequences of “linked lives” on health via relationship stress and group norms.

The Developmental Course of Conflict in the Marital Dissolution Process

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Ponzetti, Jr. ◽  
Rodney M. Cate
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dissolution ◽  
Dissolution Process ◽  
Developmental Course
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