This study aimed to examine the perceptions of preschool teachers regarding their work with divorced parents. In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 15 preschool teachers were conducted. The findings show that preschool teachers devote twice as much time to communicating with divorced parents than with married parents. Furthermore,…

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on their fertility and their children's schooling. We base our evidence on a natural experiment that sharply reduced the cost of attending school and, as a consequence, significantly increased the education of affected cohorts. This natural experiment was the result of the de facto revocation in…

The present study compared Muslim-Arab women in Israel who initiated divorce (n=45) with those who stayed in stressful marital relationships (n=46). Based on an ecological approach and using a cross-sectional design, we explored the differences between the two groups with regard to the following variables: personal resources (education, paid…

A qualitative study among 22 young adults (20-25 years old) whose parents divorced during their childhood was conducted in Israel, using semi-structured, in-depth, open-ended interviews. Qualitative data analysis led to identification of three profiles, aiming at a grounded theoretical conceptualization. Three core themes were identified: the…

The phenomenon of nonmarital motherhood among upper-middle-class, educated women has increased dramatically over the last few decades in most industrialized countries. The purpose of the current research is to examine how women who elect nonmarital motherhood compare with women who elect other family configurations with respect to their…

A sample of 196 participants (mean age 45.94 years, 54% women) completed inventories assessing upward and downward positive and negative social comparisons and general well-being. Widows and widowers were higher on upward negative comparisons than divorced or married persons while being lower on well-being measures of life satisfaction and…

Examined the impact of time, life space domains, and gender on postdivorce adjustment in Israel. Findings indicate improvement in subjective well-being within two to four years; sex differences in distress and adjustment; and greater sex differences in adjustment over time. There were fewer differences in structural divergence between domains over…

Used a semantic differential scale to examine and compare the sense of competence and time perspective of 84 divorcing and 25 married mothers. Results suggest that state anxiety, which was higher for divorced than for married women, is related to discontinuity in time perspective and threatens sense of competence, resulting in dissonance…

A nonrandom sample of 86 cases of Israeli separation and divorce cases was compared with a Canadian sample (N=369). Sex-role conflicts were more frequent in Israel, as were violence in separation and divorce. (Author)

Presents modification of cost-benefit analysis, cost-cost comparison, as time-effective and simple intervention to help clients who are considering divorce to clarify their own values position, thus enabling clients to make workable decisions from within framework of their value system. Includes three case examples to illustrate model's…

Investigates the degree of intimacy in the relationships of children of divorce with their parents and peers. Utilizes a study of 208 urban, Israeli elementary school children. Findings indicate that divorce may hurt object relations with the father and decrease intimacy with mother and friends. (FMW)

Examined female social work students' (N=216) perceptions of major custody arrangements. Subjects made recommendations regarding hypothetical custody dispute by ranking nine predefined custody arrangements. Although subjects used appropriate criteria in recommendations, custody was seldom awarded to fathers even when they qualified for it.…

Examines one aspect of the same-sex parent-child hypothesis within the context of mother's versus father's custody. Stresses that the gender of the custodial parent matters very little for the social functioning of the children. Finds the social adjustment of adolescents of divorced parents is somewhat poorer than adolescents from intact families.…