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• Contributors
• Foreword
• Note
• Preface
• Part I Perspectives on Marital Dissolution(p. 3)
• [1] Marital Instability in America: Past, Present, and Future(p. 6)
• [2] a Historical Perspective on Husband-Wife Bargaining Power and Marital Dissolution(p. 20)
• [3] a Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Dissolution(p. 37)
• Part II Social and Psychological Determinants of Breakup(p. 61)
• [4] Breakups before Marriage: the End of 103 Affairs(p. 64)
• [5] Premarital Pregnancy and Marital Instability(p. 83)
• [6] the Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Instability: Comparisons by Race and Sex(p. 99)
• [7] Couple Strains in Communal Households: a Four-Factor Model of the Separation Process(p. 114)
• Part III Economic Determinants of Breakup(p. 135)
• [8] Marital Cohesiveness at the Brink: the Fate of Applications for Divorce(p. 137)
• [9] Work Life and Marital Dissolution(p. 151)
• [10] Public Welfare Payments and Marital Dissolution: a Review of Recent Studies(p. 167)
• Part IV Consequences for the Ex-Spouses(p. 181)
• [11] Marital Disruption as a Stressful Life Event(p. 184)
• [12] the Emotional Impact of Marital Separation(p. 201)
• [13] Adjustment to Separation and Divorce: a Qualitative Analysis(p. 211)
• [14] Divorced Mothers: the Costs and Benefits of Female Family Control(p. 228)
• [15] Professional Intervention in Divorce: the Views of Lawyers, Psychotherapists, and Clergy(p. 246)
• Part V Consequences for Families and Children(p. 273)
• [16] Marital Disruption and the Lives of Children(p. 276)
• [17] Divorce in Context: Its Impact on Children(p. 287)
• [18] Fathers by Choice: Divorced Men Who Receive Custody of Their Children(p. 307)
• [19] Issues in the Adjudication of Custody When Parents Separate(p. 324)
• References(p. 337)
• Name Index(p. 355)
• Subject Index(p. 359)