M. Kaffman, E. Elizur, S. Shoham, Nina Gilead-Roelofs, Leah Shefatya
{"title":"Divorce in the Kibbutz:: Determinants of Breakup","authors":"M. Kaffman, E. Elizur, S. Shoham, Nina Gilead-Roelofs, Leah Shefatya","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N02_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N02_08","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the main determining factors in the decision to divorce among 100 kibbutz members. The data and the conclusions are based on extensive open-ended and structured interviews. It is suggested that analysis of the reasons of divorce in the Israeli commune will contribute towards a better understanding of the intrinsic causes of divorce in modern society, since in the kibbutz the decision to terminate a marriage is based on the quality of the marital relationship per se, markedly unhindered by economic, legal or religious considerations. Following divorce, both husband and wife are assured full economic security, with equal rights as to the continued co-parenting of the children.","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"159-184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N02_08","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66210694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Custody Arrangement and Family Structure on Remarriage","authors":"Margaret Crosbie-Burnett","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_01","url":null,"abstract":"This research examined the effects of joint versus maternal legal custody, whether or not the stepfather had biological children from prior marriage, and sex and age of adolescent on custodial mother's remarriage. Eighty-four middle class remarried mothers and their husbands each completed a questionnaire in the family's home. Marital satisfaction was highest for couples with girls in joint custody. Mothers of early adolescent daughters reported better relations with ex-spouses than mothers of later adolescent daughters; no difference was reported for sons. Stepfathers who had no prior children reported more competition with the biological father than stepfathers who were also fathers to their own biological children. Couples in joint custody arrangements with stepfathers who had no prior children reported the most role ambiguity (disagreement and confusion about the stepfather's role in the family). The results suggesst that custody decisions made at the time of divorce can have an impact on subsequent r...","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing the Response Rate in Court Record Divorce Studies","authors":"Roslyn Garden Cantrell, D. Sprenkle","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_07","url":null,"abstract":"Divorce research has been plaqued by poor response rates. The authors utilized a newspaper article, telephone calls to respondents, Dillman's Total Design Method for mail surveys, and lawyer contact to achieve a \"completion rate\" higher than that previously reported for court record studies. The telephone call made a dramatic difference in that the \"completion rate\" was almost triple that for subjects not contacted by phone.","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"4 1","pages":"113-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental Well-Being and Primary Prevention Practices in Women Heads of One-Parent Families","authors":"M. Duffy","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory study of 47 women heads of one-parent families was undertaken to describe the relationships, over time, between mental well-being (adjustment) and their practice of primary prevention behaviors. Theoretical sampling was used to assure the inclusion of a variety of women from the community. Results indicate that personal characteristics influence mental well-being and primary prevention behaviors. Education and income explain 66% of the variance in mental well-being. It is important for nursing practice to identify those variables that are amenable to change in order to enhance the mental well-being and primary prevention behaviors of women heads of one-parent families.","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"45-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adjustment in Remarriage","authors":"Thomas W. Roberts, S. Price","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_02","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate and develop a model for understanding adjustment in remarriage where the wives had custody of dependent children 12 years old or younger from a previous marriage and the husbands were stepfathers. Certain predictors of marital adjustment in remarriage were made from the review of literature. These predictors were: (1) attachment to former spouse through loving or liking feelings; (2) relationship with friends and relatives; (3) the former spouse parental role; (4) marital communication; (5) family cohesion; (6) marital roles; and (7) parental roles. The casual model presented in this study was supported by significant Beta values for three of the eight hypothesis. Specifically, relationship with friends and relatives, family cohesion, and liking attachment with the former spouse were significantly related to adjustment in remarriage.","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"17-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paternal Custody and Remarriage","authors":"J. Giles-Sims, Charlene A. Urwin","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"Changes in custody have increasingly been noted, particularly following remarriage. The purpose of this study was to examine the processes that lead to changes from maternal to paternal custody in a small sample of remarried families. Finally, a social exchange model is used to analyze decision-making processes and implications of these findings for clinical practitioners","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"65-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of the Problems of the Divorced Father","authors":"Nancy S. Coney, W. Mackey","doi":"10.1300/J279V13N01_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V13N01_05","url":null,"abstract":"Thress samples of adults in southeast Iowa assessed the perceptions of the problems of the divorced father. The samples included divorced fathers, women, and other men who were not divorced fathers. Divorced fathers reported that their finances, children, and ex-spouses were the three most prevalent sources of problems which they experienced. Strong agreement with the problem hierarchy both by women and by other men. The agreement indicates that the general population accurately perceives the type and intensity of the problems being experienced by divorced fathers. However, as exceptions, women undervalued finances and overvalued housework as problem domains for divorced fathers.","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"13 1","pages":"81-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V13N01_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Exploration of a Divorce Statute:: Implications for Future Policy Development","authors":"E. Anderson","doi":"10.1300/J279V12N04_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V12N04_01","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing divorce rate since the 1960s has created concern with identifying the adjustments associate with marital separation. This paper focuses on how an adversary divorce statute affects post-separating adjustment. In-depth interviews were completed by 205 divorced individuals. The data suggest that satisfaction with the legal system is greater when either the relationship between the lawyer and the separated individual or the feelings toward the economic settlement issues is more positive. Better adjustment to the separation is reported if the respondent had not been encouraged by the lawyer to create an adversarial relationship with their former spouse. An adversarial legal system may have greater negative affects for respondents without children than those with children in their adjustment process. Discussion concludes an adversarial model may be most appropriate for the older respondent with more children. No-fault statutes may facilitate the process of adjustment for some, but not reflect the ...","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V12N04_01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linda R. Selleck, P. Draughn, Fred E. Waddell, S. Buco
{"title":"Attiitudes of Attorneys and Judges Toward Joint Custody and Its Litigation","authors":"Linda R. Selleck, P. Draughn, Fred E. Waddell, S. Buco","doi":"10.1300/J279V12N04_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V12N04_07","url":null,"abstract":"The purposes of this research were: (1) to determine the consequences of joint custody as perceived by judges and attorneys (2) to determine whether attitudes toward the concept of joint custody influence judges' and attorneys' attitudes toward the Louisiana joint custody law, and (3) to determine the relationship between attitudes of judges and the percentage of awards for joint custody. Forty-four judges and 110 attorneys completed and returned the questionnaire used in this paper. It was concluded that judges and attorneys views some of the beneficial consequences of joint custody as occuring more frequently than others and more frequently than the detrimental consequences. Attitudes toward joint custody and attitudes toward the Louisiana statute were not found to be significantly related. A positive correlation was found between judges' perceptions of the frequency with both parents and the percentages of cases in which judges award joint custody. No significant correlation was found bewteen percentag...","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"12 1","pages":"103-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V12N04_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Power and Interactional Style in the Divorce Attorney/Client Dyad","authors":"M. Hillary, Joel T. Johnson","doi":"10.1300/J279V12N04_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J279V12N04_06","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the French and Raven typological model of social power, this field study examined divorce clients' perceptions of the ways in which their attorneys attempted to influence their actions. Data were generated from surveys mailed to divorce petitioners in three California counties. Five bases of source-dependent social power are identified in the French and Raven model: reward power, coercive power, referent power, expert power and legitimate power. Clients were asked to recall the frequency with their lawyers made various statements, each of which exemplified one of these power bases. Multiple regression analyses employed attorneys' usage of these various bases as predictors of clients' ratings of the competence of their lawyer and of their satisfaction with him or her. Although clients indicated their lawyers most frequently employed expert and legitimate power, use of coercive power was the stongest predictor of both outcome measures, and was negatively correlated with both dependent variables. A ...","PeriodicalId":84984,"journal":{"name":"Journal of divorce","volume":"12 1","pages":"89-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J279V12N04_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66209666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}