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The Divorce Revolution: The Macro And Micro-Level Factors In The Risk Of Divorce, Arielle Homer
The Divorce Revolution: The Macro And Micro-Level Factors In The Risk Of Divorce, Arielle Homer
Honors Theses
Over the past fifty or so years, American society has endured overwhelming changes, affecting nearly all aspects of life. A new set of values emerged and families began adopting more liberal mindsets, leading to an increase in the divorce rate. The first aim of this study is to explain the social, macro-level causes of divorce. Literature on the 1960s identifies these influences as the importance of “the self”, feminism, birth control, no-fault divorce laws, and religious teachings. Further, I use data from the General Social Survey to determine whether micro-level factors influence an individual’s risk of divorce, both during this …
The Effects Of Parental Divorce On Young Adults Attitudes Towards Divorce, Cierra Branch-Harris, Amber Cox
The Effects Of Parental Divorce On Young Adults Attitudes Towards Divorce, Cierra Branch-Harris, Amber Cox
Honors Theses
Participants will be students taking an Introduction Psychology course at a large Midwestern University ages 18-25 years. Participants will be evaluated on their attitudes towards marriage based on their parents' marital status. The measures being used in this study are the Attitudes toward Marriage Scale (Kinnard & Gerrard, 1986), Attitudes towards Divorce Scale (Kinnard & Gerrard 1986), Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Seid & Fincham 1992), Couples Satisfaction Index (Funk & Rogge 2007), Commitment Scale (Rusbult, Kusashiro, Kubabcka & Finkel 2009), and Adult Romantic Attachment Questionnaire (Frayler, Waller & Brenan 2000) . We hypothesize that parental divorce will have …