Predictors of Divorce Adjustment: Stressors, Resources, and Definitions

By Hongyu Wang, Paul R. Amato. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and differences across nations (2010, result): “Other studies, in contrast, have found no gender differences in postdivorce adjustment in the United States (Amato & Hohmann-Marriott, 2007 ; Bierman et al, 2006 ; Wang & Amato, 2000 ; Williams, 2003 ), Sweden (Gahler, 1998 ), and Norway (Mastekaasa, 1994 ).”
THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: AN UPDATE (2014, background): “Not surprisingly, holding positive views about divorce is more common among spouses who initiate divorce than among spouses who are left behind (Wang & Amato, 2000).”
Patterns of psychological adaptation to divorce after a long-term marriage (2015, background): “It has been argued that being the initiator of divorce enables the individual to have more control over the event, which thus may lead to better adaptation after separation (Hewitt & Turrell, 2011; Wang & Amato, 2000).”
Inappropriate Parental Divorce Disclosures, the Factors that Prompt them, and their Impact on Parents’ and Adolescents’ Well-Being (2007, background): “When families experience a divorce, they are typically confronted with a series of stressors that can be chronic (e.g., role burden) and acute (e.g., the physical separation itself) (see Wang & Amato, 2000).”
The emotional sequelae of nonmarital relationship dissolution: Analysis of change and intraindividual variability over time. (2005, methodology): “The AMT is a reliable assessment tool and highly correlated with depression during the divorce process (Kitson; Wang & Amato, 2000).”
People's Reasons for Divorcing (2003, background): “(For further details on these scales, see Wang & Amato, 2000).”
Do divorcing couples become happier by breaking up? (2006, neutral): “Amato (2000) and Wang and Amato (2000) examined the role of individuals’ attitudes in predicting who will recover most fully from divorce.”