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Lager, Eric – Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 1977
Frequently the motive for divorce is neurotic. This paper calls attention to one such motive: reaction to disappointment by a significant parent-in-law, which may go unnoticed by both the therapist and the patient who has come for help at the time when the marriage is disintegrating. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Divorce, Family Relationship, Fantasy