PSYC 360 Divorce

How many marriages in the US will end in divorce?

roughly half

refined divorce rate

Number of divorces per 1,000 married women over age fifteen. The number of divorces per 1,000 population.

facts about refined divorce rate

-              Divorce is expensive and is sensitive to economic conditions; divorce rates tend to be lower during economic downturns because couples can’t afford to live separately. In 2018, the divorce rate reached a 40-year low (Allred 2019b). Still, for every two marriages that takes place, there is one divorce (Schweizer 2019).

-              There was an unprecedented rise in divorce between 1960 and 1980, when the refined divorce rate (the number of divorces per 1,000 married women) more than doubled.

crude divorce rate

The number of divorces per 1,000 population. Number of divorces per 1,000 married women over age fifteen.

this includes portion of the population, children and unmarried who are not at risk for divorce

divorce divide

gap in divorce rates between college-educated and less-educated men and women. The divorce rate has declined substantially among those who are college educated but not among the less educated.

starter marriage

First marriage that ends in divorce within the first few years, typically before a couple has children.

silver divorce

Phenomenon seen among older couples following long-term marriages; particularly true for baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964; also known as gray divorce.

redivorce

13 percent have married two or more times

demographic factors of divorce

-              Remarriage

-              Young age at first marriage, marrying as teenagers

-              Higher divorce rates among women compared to men

-              Heterogamous marriage , different race ethnicity or religion

-              Cohabitation

-              Premarital sex

-              No older children

-              Parents and grandparents who are divorced

-              Military service

-              Pre wedding jitters

economic factors

-              Social class higher less likely to divorce

-              Womans earnings

-              Independence effect: Occurs when an increase in a married woman’s income leads to marital dissolution because she is better able to afford to live separately.

divorce mediation

alternative nonadversarial means of dispute resolution by which the couple, with the assistance of a mediator or mediators (frequently a lawyer–therapist team), negotiate the terms of their settlement of custody, support, property, and visitation issues.

divorce fallout

Ruptures of relationships and changes in social networks that come about as a result of divorce.

stress related growth

-              personal growth and maturity attained in the context of a stressful life experience such as divorce.

binuclear family

One family in two household units. A term created to describe a postdivorce family in which both parents remain involved and children have a home in both households.

parallel parents

postdivorce parental relationship in which former partners parent alongside each other with minimal contact, communication, or conflict; associated with worse child outcomes

coparenting

Shared decision making and parental supervision in such areas as discipline and schoolwork or shared holidays and recreation. Can refer to parents working together in a marriage or other ongoing relationship or after divorce or separation.

collaborative divorce

A legal process where both spouses have an attorney and sign a contract agreeing to work together to resolve pertinent issues without needing to go to court