Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-183) and index.
Contents
Introduction : variations in and fluidity of divorce experiences and outcomes -- Conceptualizing divorce variation and fluidity -- Research methods for studying variation and fluidity in divorce -- Divorce and family transitions in societal context -- Variations in predivorce family environments and trajectories -- Variations in separation and uncoupling -- Variation and fluidity in adult adjustment to divorce -- Variation and fluidity in children's adjustment to divorce -- Adults' and children's experience of multiple family structure transitions -- Implications and conclusions.