Family Diversity and Well-Being (SAGE Library of Social Research)

How important is family structure? Does the perception that children of divorced parents suffer hold true under the scrutiny of research? Is the traditional two parent//two child family ideal in terms of well-being? In this volume, two leading family researchers analyze these crucial questions. Using the United States National Survey of Families and Households, they examine the four most common family types - two parent families, divorced mothers with children, remarried families and unmarried mothers - to analyze the impact of family structure versus other factors.

Politics & Social Sciences

Acock, Alan C.

Demo, David

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

Beyond the Average Divorce provides marriage and family scholars and students a rich depiction of how children and adults of all ages respond to diverse divorce experiences. Rather than emphasizing means and averages in looking at "typical" family reactions to divorce, authors David H. Demo and Mark A. Fine emphasize variability and change over time in the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce process. The book's three parts explore theoretical and methodological tools for studying divorce, the divorce process and its multiple pathways, and future directions in research. Key Features <ul>
<li>Includes cutting-edge research on how children are affected by multiple transitions in family structure and parenting arrangements during the divorce process </li>
<li>Covers the most common causes of divorce and how the family environment deteriorates during the years leading up to divorce </li>
<li>Provides easy-to-understand descriptions and examples of how specific research methods can be used to study divorce </li>
<li>Offers a dynamic theoretical model of divorce and how it is experienced by family members in a wide variety of family situations </li>
<li>Discusses policy implications as well as directions for future theoretical, research, and clinical work in this vital area </li>
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 Beyond the Average Divorce is intended as a core textbook for use in upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in Family Stress and Divorce, Dysfunctional Families, Sociology of the Family, and Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling.

Beyond the Average Divorce

Fine, Mark

Sociology

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