Do Expectations of Divorce Predict Union Formation in the Transition to Adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2287004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Arocho (0000-0003-1776-1714, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 979-990 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jomf.12571 |
| PMID | 31530959 |
| OpenAlex | W2929572719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Objective: This study describes the association between explicit expectations of divorce and subsequent first union formation during the transition to adulthood (ages 18-28).Background: Expectations for marriage in young adulthood predict union formation. Even before marrying, young adults may express a perceived risk of eventual divorce, and expectations of divorce may also have implications for union formation during the transition to adulthood.Method: Data from the 2005 to 2015 years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition to Adulthood Supplement (n = 2,052) were used to estimate the association between expectations of divorce and entry into first premarital cohabitation and first marriage using discrete-time logistic and multinomial logistic survival models.Results: As hypothesized, greater expectations for divorce predicted slower entrance into first marriage, even when controlling for expectations for marriage and various sociodemographic characteristics, and predicted a greater likelihood of both remaining single and being first observed cohabiting instead of marrying in young adulthood for both men and women.Conclusion: Despite desiring to marry, young adults may delay marriage if they are concerned about their risk of future divorce
Association (psychology · Cohabitation · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Economics · Logistic regression · Multinomial logistic regression · Panel Study of Income Dynamics · Political science · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Young adult · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
Emerging Adulthood
Expectancy–Value Theory of Achievement Motivation
Students' Expectations and Optimism Toward Marriage as a Function of Parental Divorce
Newlywed Women's Marital Expectations
Will I Stay Married
Demographic Trends in the United States
Ready or Not
The relationship between cohabitation and divorce
The Variable Effects of Family Background on the Timing of First Marriage
The Rise in Divorce and Cohabitation
Marital Paradigms
Using Marital Attitudes in Late Adolescence to Predict Later Union Transitions
The Relationships Between Emerging Adults' Expressed Desire to Marry and Frequency of Participation in Risk-Taking Behaviors
Handling Missing Values in Longitudinal Panel Data With Multiple Imputation
The Long-Term Effects of Building Strong Families
Two Decades of Stability and Change in Age at First Union Formation
The Role of Religion in Adolescence for Family Formation in Young Adulthood
Race/Ethnic Differences in the Marital Expectations of Adolescents
Everything's There Except Money
The Transmission of Marital Instability Across Generations
The deinstitutionalization of American marriage
Cohabitation, post-conception unions, and the rise in nonmarital fertility
The relationship context of premarital serial cohabitation
The risk of divorce as a barrier to marriage among parents of young children
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |