PSYC 334 Lecture 10: Psyc334 Lecture 10 - Google Docs
13 Mar 2018
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Approximately 50% of rst marriages end in divorce. We don"t know if this is correct, but its a pretty good assumption. Second marriages are 25% more likely to end in divorce. People who have gotten divorced once as more likely to get divorced again. About ever 1 in 9 women in the us is presently divorced. More than of children do not live with their biological fathers. Takes about 5 years to move on from a divorce. Different states have very different divorce laws. No-fault divorce you don"t have to legally prove it was someone"s fault. Divorce is less shameful and easier to obtain. ** look through correlates of divorce, correlations versus causation. If parents have all females they"re more likely to get divorced! Three factors in uence breakups/divorce: attraction (negative correlation, alternatives (positive correlation, barriers. Things that get in the way of divorce. Enduring vulnerabilities personal liabilities or weakness that which people begin their relationships already with (baggage)
