The Great Divorce

As a whole, the divorce rate has declined in the last couple decades, but the rate for older divorces has increased. In fact, the rate more than doubled for people over the age of fifty between 1990 and 2010. The increasing number of Baby Boomers who are suddenly facing divorce after years of marriage has led to the coining of a new phrase, “gray divorce,” that references this phenomenon of our time. If you are seeking divorce, remember that divorce after age 50 comes with different complications

Divorce Upon Children Over the past few decades, the divorce rate has exponentially increased throughout America. Many Americans have developed a new definition of family due to the rapidly changing culture of our times. These culture and value changes have drastically brought a change to the traditional ideas of the past resulting in many different changes within the nuclear family of the past. Divorce has become rampant amongst the American population, which is causing many Sociological

world. Usually there are some struggle and difficulties in marriages that could end in divorce. Divorce is more of a normal thing, more than half of the marriages end up in divorce. (Weaver & Schofield, 2014) This is quite a large number of divorces considering that there are millions of people that live in the United States. Divorce is not always the easiest solution when ending a marriage, along with divorce comes stress, psychological issues and

Divorce is usually conceptualized as a stress process, or as a grief process (Yarnoz, 2008). Understanding the relationships that married couples have prior to divorce is important because it can provide clues to marital dissolution, as well as later well-being. Marital unhappiness has been shown to have a stronger impact on divorce in longer duration marriages compared to shorter marriages (White & Booth, 1991). Long-term, low quality marriages have significantly more negative effects on overall

around the world. Usually there is some struggle and difficulties in marriages that could end in divorce. According to Weaver (2014), “In today’s world, divorce is a normative event, affecting approximately half of all marriages in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004.)” (p.39) This is quite a large number of divorces considering that there is millions of people that live in the United States. Divorce is not always the easiest solution when ending a

the traditional family that make ends meet no matter what and more common today is the modern family that take divorce like it is no big deal. Kingslover and White give great examples of what a traditional family is like and how the modern family is taking over. The world makes it easy to deplete family values in this day and age but really divorce has been considered for centuries. Divorce has become a regular occurrence and highly prevalent in today’s society, which is focused upon and exemplified

The Psychological Effect of Divorce on Children and Adolescents: An Annotated Bibliography Scholarly Journals Amato, Paul R., and Bruce Keith. "Parental Divorce and the Well-Being of Children: A Meta-Analysis." Journal of Marriage and the Family 110.1 (1991): 26-46. Web. 17 Apr. 2016. This meta-analysis involved ninety two studies that compared children that lived in complete two parent families with children who lived in divorced, single parent families based on the measures of well-being. Children

social change as the main reason for a rising number of divorces. More and more women are now able to live on their own and are now fully aware of their rights. Experts say career-oriented women are more prone to taking divorce than housewives. Experts describe forced marriages, lust, infidelity, joint family system, misunderstandings, and lack of trust, financial pressures and differences in social status as other reasons for a high divorce rate. There are many reasons that why people get divorced

One of the main things people do when they feel great chemistry between one another is get married. Some couples are unable to maintain their relationship and they get a divorce; which is one of the solutions to solve the problems between husband and wife. Most people think carefully before they get married however the divorce rates are continuously increasing. There are three main causes of divorce: changing in woman’s roles, stress in modern living, and lack of communication. The first significant

The Effects of Divorce on Children Divorce is comparable to an epidemic since it has been filtering through many societies at an increasingly alarming rate. According to the most current statistic, there are more than 2.1 million marriages in the United States (“Children of Divorced Parents”). Out of those, almost half end in divorce. Divorce nowadays is extremely common. In fact, in America there is one divorce every thirty-six seconds (National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends”). Each year over