PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Divorce Act (Canada), Noncustodial Parent, Sole Custody

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: carolinesullivan

Document Summary

In practice, the divorce experience is quite diverse for couple and their families. Divorce rate: a measure that predicts the proportion of couples that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary, based on current patterns of divorce. Why do people divorce: fundamental: abuse or infidelity, experiential: disagreements or unsatisfactory sex life, fertility issues: infertility or desire to have children. Social factors that increase the likelihood of divorce: Lower ses: those who marry before age 20, cohabitation before marriage. Least disruptive for newly married couple with no children: different impact at different stages in family life cycle, divorce becomes more difficult as the relationship and family grows, part of dislocation of divorce is loss of family rituals. The parenting crisis: new boundaries must be drawn, old family rules and rituals no longer exist, each parent needs to establish a relationship with children separate from the other.