PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Role Conflict, Inverse Relation, Psych
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Educational level the lower the educational level, the higher the divorce rate. Occupational status more common among lower socioeconomic groups than professional groups. Family background higher divorce rate among couples raised in unhappy homes, by divorced parents, and / or following cohabitation. Racial background blacks are more divorce prone than whites at all educational levels. Religion higher divorce rates among non- practitioners, lowest among conservative and orthodox practitioners. Length of courtship inverse relationship between divorce rate and length of time. Marriage age very high for those marrying in their teens. Unaffecting rate interracial, mixed religion, sexual experience prior to marriage, age difference between spouses. Cohabitation increases probability (85%) over those not cohabiting. Enduring dynamic: what you see is what you get. Emergent distress: long term build up of conflict. Disillusionment: unrealistic expectations early exiting: least support for the emergent distress model.
