Divorce and Remarriage at Middle Age and Beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9755043 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donna Hodgkins Berardo |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 464 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 132-139 |
| Publication date | 1982-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716282464001012 |
| OpenAlex | W2125489069 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 4 |
Recent societal trends have led to simpler divorces, a growing acceptance of divorce, greater personal freedom, and increased gainful employment for women, as well as a general weakening of institutional norms. The occurrence of divorce at mid-life brings losses and adjustments. Divorce at older ages causes similar losses and adjustments, as well as others associated with old age. In addition, the elderly experience divorce indirectly through the divorces of their children. Beyond divorce or widowhood, there are problems associated with remarriage that arise from age, previous marital status, sex ratios, geographic residence, and kinship relationships. The success or failure of a second marriage depends on many factors and is affected by a lack of institutionalized norms fitting the situation. As expectations change regarding the permanency of marriage, and as the family adapts to changes in its structure, desirable goals will include the establishment of normative behavior patterns for the transitions from married, to divorced or widowed, to remarried; clarification of roles and relationships; ways of easing role transitions; and help in the preservation of long-term marital relationships
Demographic economics · Economics · Gainful employment · Kinship · Marital status · Normative · Political science · Population · Remarriage · Residence · Sociology · Stepfamily · Demography · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology
Marriage, Cohabitation, and Divorce in Later Life
Marriage Trends in America
The Late-Life Divorced
Common Themes in the Divorce Transition Experience of Midlife Women
An Ecological Examination of Older Remarried Couples
Economic Weil-Being Among White Elderly Divorced
The Gray Divorce Revolution
Antecedents of Gray Divorce
The Graying of Divorce
Partners' health and silver splits in Europe
Does the Transition to Grandparenthood Deter Gray Divorce? A Test of the Braking Hypothesis
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2025 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |