Divorce Over the Life Course
The Role of Marital Happiness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2346239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn White (0000-0002-6524-5071, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Lynn K White (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Alan Booth (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-21 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/019251391012001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2103035966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 20 |
Using a national panel of married individuals interviewed in 1980 and 1988, this study explores the apparent anomaly that marital happiness and divorce are both lower in longer marriages. We find that marital happiness has a stronger effect on divorce at longer durations than at shorter durations. Exploration of the interactions between barriers and alternatives to marriage dissolution and marital happiness suggests that this interaction arises because longer marriages are more often characterized by high barriers and few alternatives, a situation that strengthens the relationship between divorce and happiness
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Happiness · Life course approach · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology
Partner Market Opportunities and Relationship Stability
Socioeconomic differentials in divorce risk by duration of marriage
Midlife Marital Happiness and Ethnic Culture
Unhappily Ever After
Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce
Parental divorce and the well-being of children
Religiosity, Marital Satisfaction and Child Rearing
In Gesundheit und Krankheit
Traumatic Events and Marital Well-Being
Religious Influence on Marital Stability
Spousal Alternatives and Marital Dissolution
The Life Course and Human Development
Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the United States
Understanding the relationship between religiosity and marriage
Work Attitudes, Employment Barriers, and Mental Health Symptoms in a Sample of Rural Welfare Recipients
The Marital Selflessness Scale
Migration and marital instability among migrant workers in China
The Sacred Bed
Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction
How you ?act your age? when you watch TV
Together, Forever? Correlates of Marital Well-Being
Introduction
Assets and a wife's marital satisfaction in Korea
Variation in the link between parental divorce and children’s health disadvantage in low and high divorce settings
“The Secret of Our Success”
Religiosity and forgiveness among first-married and remarried adults
Characteristics of Women With Children Who Divorce in Midlife Compared to Those Who Remain Married
Should It Be Easy? Divorce Process Attitudes Among Those Who Have Split Up in Midlife
Attractors and Barriers to Divorce
Attachment, marital satisfaction, and divorce during the first fifteen years of parenthood
Personal, Moral, and Structural Commitment to Marriage
Union Disruption in the United States
The Compositional and Institutional Sources of Union Dissolution for Married and Unmarried Parents in the United States
Wann werden Ehen getrennt
Explaining the Association Between Incarceration and Divorce
A Multi-level Analysis of Thirty-two Societies on Marital and Family Satisfaction
Family background characteristics and relationship satisfaction in a native community in Canada
The reversal of the gender gap in education and relative divorce risks
Time-Dependent Effects of Wives' Employment on Marital Dissolution
It's complicated
The Effects of Marital Disagreement Style, Frequency, and Outcome on Marital Disruption
Why does women's education stabilize marriages? The role of marital attraction and barriers to divorce
Men's Migration, Women's Autonomy, and Union Dissolution in Rural Mozambique
Gender and Marital Happiness in Later Life
Spousal Alternatives and Marital Relations
Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households
Remarriage and the Nature of Divorce
Do You Need to Shop Around
Marital Quality and Marital Stability-the Controversy Continues
Barriers to Divorce
The educational diffusion of divorce
Sexual Frequency and the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions
Why Stay Married? Rewards, Barriers, and Marital Stability
The Remains of the Workday
The Geographic Context of Divorce
Changing Partners
The Timing of Divorce
She Left, He Left
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage
Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error
"Comment on "Marital Quality
Marital Quality
Marital Quality and Marital Stability
The influence of individual and historical time on marital dissolution
Recent trends in marital disruption
In Defense of Multiplicative Terms in Multiple Regression Equations
A Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Dissolution
Emptying the Nest and Parental Well-Being
Determinants of Divorce over the Marital Life Course
The Consequences of Parenthood for the Marital Stability of Young Adults
The Marital Happiness/Disruption Relationship by Level of Marital Alternatives
Marital Satisfaction over the Family Life Cycle
Marital Adjustment over the Family Life Cycle
Divorce and Marital Instability over the Life Course
The Transition to Parenthood and Marital Quality
Marital Disruption
| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,66 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |