Sex Differences in Initiation of and Adjustment to Divorce

African American men and fatherhood: A look from divorced fathers

“…Psychological strain was evident in most of the noncustodial divorced fathers, a finding consistent with other studies (Carter & Click, 1970;Goldberg, 1976;Guttmann, 1989;Zeiss, Zeiss & Johnson, 1980). However, this internal strain did not operate as a destructive force in the relationship between the children and the fathers as others (i.e., Umberson and Williams,1993) suggested.…”

When Mothers Turn to Their Adolescent Daughters: Predicting Daughters' Vulnerability to Negative Adjustment Outcomes*

“…Sixty‐two of the 267 potential mother‐daughter dyads sampled from the court records returned completed questionnaires, yielding a conservative “completion rate” of 23.2% (Kitson et al, 1982). Notably, previous research efforts using court records have resulted in comparable response rates, typically ranging between 17% and 33% of the original names drawn from court records (Cantrell & Sprenkle, 1989; Chiriboga, Roberts, & Stein, 1978; Goldsmith, 1980; Spanier & Anderson, 1979; Zeiss, Zeiss, & Johnson, 1980).…”

Marital Dissolution as a Stressor

“…In view of Wheaton's argument mentioned above, one would therefore expect the separation process to be on average less negative (or more positive) for women than for men. Consistent with this, there is also considerable evidence that women more often than men want a marital separation and take the initiative in obtaining one (Moxnes, 1990;Zeiss, Zeiss, & Johnson, 1980).…”