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Divorce and union dissolution
— reverberations over three generations | | Author(s) | Ingrid Arnet Connidis |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 22, no 4, Winter 2003 |
| Pages | pp 353-368 |
| Source | www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Divorce ; Multi generation families ; Family relationships ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | High divorce rates over the past 40 years have affected multiple generations and have long-term consequences for family relationships. This article applies a life course perspective to the effects of relationship dissolution beyond the nuclear family. Qualitative data from the study involving 86 adults from 10 three-generation families illustrates the extensive reach of divorce across time and generations. An intensive analysis of two families reveals six key areas of negotiation following divorce: relationship dissolution itself; balancing work and family obligations; in-law ties; parent-child ties; sibling ties; and intimate relationships. Multiple voices from three generations demonstrate the complexity of family relationships over time and the reverberation of individual life course transitions throughout family networks. Applying the concept of ambivalence highlights variations among social groups in the ongoing renegotiation of relationships and situations that follows the dissolution of long-term unions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040227201 A |
| Classmark | SOH: SJC: DS:SJ: 3DP: 7S |
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