Are the Negative Effects of Divorce on Well‐Being Dependent on Marital Quality?Journal of Marriage and Family - Tập 68 Số 5 - Trang 1197-1213 - 2006
Matthijs Kalmijn, Christiaan Monden
We test the so‐called escape hypothesis, which argues that for people from a poor marriage, a divorce has a less negative or even a positive effect on well‐being. In an analysis of two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (N =4,526), we find only limited evidence. When people divorce from a dissatisfactory or unfair marriage, they...... hiện toàn bộ
Divorce and Adult Psychological Well‐Being: Clarifying the Role of Gender and Child AgeJournal of Marriage and Family - Tập 68 Số 5 - Trang 1178-1196 - 2006
Kristi Williams, Alexandra Dunne‐Bryant
Substantial evidence indicates that marital dissolution has negative consequences for adult well‐being. Because most research focuses on the average consequences of divorce, we know very little about factors that moderate this association. The present study tests the hypothesis that the effects of marital dissolution on adult well‐being are greatest for those with young child...... hiện toàn bộ
Dependence within families and the division of labor: Comparing Sweden and the United StatesJournal of Marriage and Family - Tập 66 Số 5 - Trang 1272-1286 - 2004
Marie Evertsson, Magnus Nermo
This article assesses the relative explanatory value of the resource‐bargaining perspective and the doing‐gender approach for the division of housework in the United States and Sweden from the mid‐1970s to 2000. The data used are the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the Swedish Level of Living Survey. Overall results show that housework was truly gendered work in both countries du...... hiện toàn bộ