Beyond the Average Divorce

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David H. Demo - University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Mark A Fine - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Other Titles in:
Couples, Marriage & Family Counselling | Dysfunctional Families | Sociology of the Family

June 2009 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Beyond the Average Divorce is a core text that introduces students and scholars to the research literature on divorce and changes which occurs in family structures. Rather than a simplistic, static view that emphasizes means and averages in looking at 'typical' family reactions to divorce, this text emphasizes variability, fluidity, and change over time in the predivorce, divorce, and postdivorce process. The book also presents a dynamic theoretical model of divorce and how it is experienced and reacted to by family members in the complex variety of family situations.

Ch 1. Introduction: Variations in and Fluidity of Divorce Experiences and Outcomes

PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR STUDYING THE DIVORCE PROCESS

Ch 2. Conceptualizing Divorce Variation and Fluidity

Ch 3. Research Methods for Stuyding Variation and Fluidity in Divorce

Ch 4. Divorce and Family Transitions in Societal Context

PART II: THE DIVORCE PROCESS AND ITS MULTIPLE PATHWAYS

Ch 5. Variations in Predivorce Family Environments and Trajectories

Ch 6. Variations in Separation and Uncoupling

Ch 7. Variation and Fluidity in Adult Adjustment to Divorce

Ch 8. Variation and Fluidity in Children's Adjustment to Divorce

Ch 9. Adult and Child Experiences of Multiple Family Structure Transitions

PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Ch 10. Implications and Conclusions

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This is a great book but did not have activities for students to do. I could possibly use this for a class where theory was more the focus. Well written and informative. Highly recommended but not so if you are looking more for a combination of approaches to teaching material in one text.

Professor Sharon James

Humanities Div, Cincinnati State Technology / Community College

January 10, 2011

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