Divorce: Causes and Consequences

Current Perspectives in Psychology

by Alison Clarke-Stewart, Cornelia Brentano

This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on children, adults, and society.
Alison Clarke-Stewart and Cornelia Brentano synthesize the most up-to-date information on divorce from a variety of disciplinary perspectives with thoughtful analysis of psychological issues. They convey the real-life consequences of divorce with excerpts from autobiographies by young people, and they also include guidelines for social policies that would help to diminish the detrimental effects of divorce.

347 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Reader's Comments

This book was very well written and informative. I chose to read this book with the intent to learn a lot about divorce and why it happens, I learned as much as I hoped to and more. I highly recommend this book to the married, divorced, those considering a divorce, and those wanting to learn more about divorce.

[Robert Bogue · Rating 4 out of 5]

God hates divorce. That doesn’t leave a lot of room for interpretation. The state assumes that stable marriages are in the best interest of the state itself. Despite this the average marriage lasts only seven years and the divorce rate has impacted 40% or more of all marriages since the early 1970s. The blissful union of marriage is often found to have cracks – sometimes severe cracks – that challenges individual marriages and the institution itself. The book Divorce: Causes and Consequences tears apart what divorce is, how prevalent it is, and what the impacts are.

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