COMM 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Stepfamily

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Communication (COMM)
• Course: COMM 004
• Professor: Tom

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Contextual factors that impact effects of divorce. Individuals believe they aren"t getting what they think they should be getting. More likely to grow dissatisfied with relationship. People who marry younger are more likely to get a divorce than those who. When thinking of age, you"re looking at level of maturity and experience. African american as well as caucasians have the highest divorce rates wait followed by hispanics; last place = asians. Haven"t witnessed a functioning marriage; your interpretations or models of marriage may be different from those who come from a married household. Might see divorce as a viable solution in relationships. More money is correlated with a higher likelihood of divorce because they. If you don"t have the resources or financial independence, less likely to get have the means to do so; easier to do so divorce because of your dependency on the other person. Rates of divorce go up 10% for each marriage.