The Divorce Generation

Authors

Renata Forste, Brigham Young UniversityFollow
Tim B. Heaton

Keywords

Divorce, remarriage, marriage, gender differences

Abstract

Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS), we examine mean differences in measures of well-being, family attitudes, and socioeconomic status for individuals divorced, remarried, or in a first marriage. We sample individuals first married between 1965 and 1975, of which 48 percent reported being divorced or separated from their spouses. Overall, our comparisons support the divorce-stress-adjustment perspective in that the divorced/separated report the lowest levels of well-being relative to those in their first marriage, and they support the protective effect of marriage as remarried individuals report higher levels of well-being relative to the still divorced or separated.

Original Publication Citation

Forste, Renata and Tim B. Heaton. 2004.“The Divorce Generation: Well-being, Family Attitudes, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Marital Disruption.” Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 41(1/2):95-114

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Forste, Renata and Heaton, Tim B., "The Divorce Generation" (2004). Faculty Publications. 2796.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/2796

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2004

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5622

Publisher

Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Sociology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

Copyright Status

© 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.