Parting

Why do marriages fail? How does divorce affect a person -- mentally, emotionally and socially? Spanier and Thompson unravel the process of marital breakup, presenting one of the most rigorous and comprehensive longitudinal studies of separation and divorce ever conducted. The authors draw on previous research and gather extensive empirical data through the use of elaborate survey instruments and in-depth exploratory interviews with more than two hundred recently separated men and women. They explore the reasons for separation, the partners' emotional responses, their relatonships with relatives and friends, patterns of dating and sex, and feeling of well-being after separation.Spanier, Graham is the author of 'Parting', published 1987 under ISBN 9780803931091 and ISBN 0803931093.