For Better or For Worse – Divorce Reconsidered - Softcover

Hetherington, E. Mavis; Kelly, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393324133 ISBN 13: 9780393324136

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Synopsis

Mavis Hetherington, "without doubt the world's preeminent researcher on the family processes that surround divorce,...has distilled the wisdom growing out of her many studies of the short-term and long-term impact of divorce on family members" (Eleanor Maccoby, Stanford University). Offering "a welcome corrective to misleading and simplistic accounts," Hetherington "not only provides scientifically sound and wonderfully sensible guidance but dispels the myth that divorce is always negative" (Ross D. Parke, University of California, Riverside). This "widely-heralded study" (Time) is a "reader-friendly guide to how people can build success out of the stress and adversity of divorce" (Michael Rutter, Institute of Psychiatry, London), presenting a more nuanced picture of marital breakup-not as a momentary event but as a life process. Hetherington identifies the kinds of marriages that predispose a couple to divorce or not and also pinpoints "windows of change" that allow some to fashion the challenges of divorce into an opportunity for themselves and for their children. "Gold standard [research] aimed at clearing up confusion among moms and dads worried about divorce."-USA Today "Sure to become a classic in the field!"-Constance R. Ahrons, author of The Good Divorce "Without doubt the world's preeminent researcher on the family processes that surround divorce."-Eleanor Maccoby, Stanford University "A welcome corrective to misleading and simplistic accounts...dispels the myth that divorce is always negative."-Ross D. Parke, University of California, Riverside

About this title

Synopsis:

This study identifies the kinds of marriage that predispose a couple to divorce and pinpoints "windows of change" for creating new opportunities for themselves and their children. Weighing hope against fear, it shows marital breakup to be a lifelong process rather than a momentary event.

About the Author:

E. Mavis Hetherington is professor emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia. She lives in Charlottesville. John Kelly is a writer in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0393324133
• ISBN 13: 9780393324136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320