Temporary Life Changes and the Timing of Divorce
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10969713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Fallesen (0000-0003-0544-9977, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, corresponding author), R Breen (0000-0002-9718-0743, Nuffield College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1377-1398 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-016-0498-2 |
| PMID | 27624322 |
| OpenAlex | W2518893691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 40 |
Marriage is a risky undertaking that people enter with incomplete information about their partner and their future life circumstances. A large literature has shown how new information gained from unforeseen but long-lasting or permanent changes in life circumstances may trigger a divorce. We extend this literature by considering how information gained from a temporary change in life circumstances—in our case, a couple having a child with infantile colic—may affect divorce behavior. Although persistent life changes are known to induce divorce, we argue that a temporary stressful situation allows couples more quickly to discern the quality of their relationship, in some cases leading them to divorce sooner than they otherwise would have. We formalize this argument in a model of Bayesian updating and test it using data from Denmark. We find that the incidence of infantile colic shortens the time to divorce or disruption among couples who would have split up anyway
Affect (linguistics · Argument (complex analysis · Developmental psychology · Psychotherapist · Quality of life (healthcare · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Infant Health and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Matching
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |