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Dew, Jeffrey; Britt, Sonya; Huston, Sandra – Family Relations, 2012
Using longitudinal data from the National Survey of Families and Households and both wife- and husband-reported data (N = 4,574 couples), this study examined how financial well-being, financial disagreements, and perceptions of financial inequity were associated with the likelihood of divorce. When financial disagreements were in the model,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Divorce, Systems Approach, Marital Satisfaction
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Jorgensen, Stephen R.; Johnson, Alberta C. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1980
Childless spouses were significantly more liberal toward divorce than were spouses with children, with childless wives being the most liberal of all. Husbands were more influenced by the perceived quality of the marital relationship, in support of cognitive dissonance theory. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Divorce, Marital Instability, Parent Child Relationship