Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in their Own Marriages

Wolfinger, Nicholas H.

ISBN 10: 0521616603 / ISBN 13: 9780521616607

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in their Own Marriages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521616603
• ISBN 13: 9780521616607
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Growing up in a divorced family can cause the children to have difficulties in maintaining relationships. Nicholas Wolfinger demonstrates the significant impact of parental divorce upon people's lives and society. The divorce cycle phenomena ensures the transmission of divorce from one generation to the next. This book examines how it has transformed family life in contemporary America by drawing on two national data sets. Compared to people from intact families, the children of divorced parents are more likely to marry as teenagers, but less likely to wed overall. They are more likely to marry other people from divorced families, but more likely to dissolve second and third marriages, and less likely to marry their live-in partners.

About the Author

Nicholas Wolfinger is an Associate Professer at the University of Utah. He is the co-editor of the book Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda. He has published widely in journals such as Demography, Social Forces and the Journal of Family Issues. He is the recipient of the University of Utah's Superior Research Award, 2004.