Cover

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

I: STRESS AND ADAPTATION

2 Childhood Stress and Adaptation to Divorce: A Shaping Condition

3 Divorce Stress and Adaptation

4 Coping Strategies in Divorce

II: PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSITIONS

5 Passage through Divorce: A Transitions Perspective

6 Passage through Divorce: Timing Issues

III: VIEWS OF THE SELF AND OTHERS

7 The Self-Concept of Divorcing Persons

8 Views of the Other: Issues of Self-image and Identification

IV: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

9 Social Supports in the Context of Divorce

10 Who Leaves Whom: The Importance of Control

11 Minority Issues in the Study of Divorce

12 Risk Factors in Divorce: A Life Course Perspective

References

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