Marital separation: causes, coping, and consequences

Article Abstract:

A study of the causes and consequences of marital separation and the coping methods of 56 maritally separated individuals reveals that women often initiate the separation. The study also reveals that communication gaps, emotional abuse and lack of love are common factors that lead to divorce. Females are more capable of drawing support from their social network than men, while both sexes depend on old friends and family than new friends for support. Initiators identify decreased life satisfaction, spousal jealousy and excessive marital demands as causes for separation.

Causes of, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Attachment and divorce: a therapeutic view

Article Abstract:

Research on attachment behavior and divorce suggests that family members' global working models of attachment must be developed instead of spousal attachment to avoid conflicts after divorce. The study shows that pre-divorce adult attachment continues to have an impact even after divorce and can cause disruption in new attachments. The research also examined attachment theory from an ecological perspective employing a cognitive-behavioral construct and analyzed the patterns of attachment within the family.

Research, Attachment behavior, Attachment (Psychology)

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The effect of mid-life divorce on late adolescent and young adult children

Article Abstract:

A study, conducted in a Midwestern university, comparing 30 students whose parents divorced while they were in high school and 30 whose parents divorced while they were in college concluded that the impact of parental divorce on late adolescents and young adults is similar. These findings contradicted earlier beliefs of adjustment disparities between high school and college students who experienced parental estrangement.

Teenagers, Youth, Adult children

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