CHILDREN OF DIVORCE Divorce. This word has no shock value when mentioned in society today. In fact, it has become a common and acceptable outcome of couples who have found themselves in an unfulfilling marriage. Many hard and challenging decisions need to be faced when ending a marriage, but whe...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine cohabitation and to find if opinions about cohabitation as an acceptable alternative to marriage varied with sex and other demographic variables. The study consisted of 2136 participants (930 male, 1206 female), which were provided to the researcher...

Research has shown a rising divorce rate and reasons as to why this may be the case. Some of these reasons are women's independence, economic issues, infidelity, and finally role confusion. Divorce has negative effects on children especially in areas such as school work, behavior, social and co...

The Pursuit of True Happiness Anne Tyler has said that she uses the family unit to show "how people manage to endure together-how they grate against each other, adjust, intrude, and protect themselves from intrusions, give up, and start all over again in the morning," (Applebee et al...

STRESS AND COPING MANAGEMENT OF TEENAGE PARENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Life is a series of choices. Deciding whether to marry, whether to have children, whether to have two careers in one marriage, and whether to view a situation positively are among the more important choices you...