This article reviews the research literature on links between parental divorce and children's
short-term and long-term adjustment. First, I consider evidence regarding how divorce …

Divorce is a relatively common stressful life event that is purported to increase risk for all-
cause mortality. One problem in the literature on divorce and health is that it is fragmented …

Abstract Applying the Coase Theorem to marital bargaining suggests that shifting from
consent to unilateral divorce laws will not affect divorce rates. I show that existing evidence …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

The present study shows that long-term, low-quality marriages have significant negative
effects on overall well-being. We utilize a nationally representative longitudinal study with a …

" Robert Emery casts a keen eye on the tangle of findings and opinions regarding children′
s adaptation to divorce and presents a thoughtful, balanced discussion of what science can …

Prevailing economic models of consumer behavior completely ignore the well-documented
link between context and evaluation. We propose and test a theory that explicitly …

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization
and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the …

Why do rising incomes not make people happier? Some argue that it is because we quickly
become accustomed to our new acquisitions. Others would say that it is because relative …

The modern day sees fewer marriages than before, and cohabitation is a major driver of
family change. Jane Lewis questions whether this is–as many commentators argue and fear …