Adjustment to Divorce in Israel: A Comparison between Divorced Men and Women

An attempt was made to examine the separate as well as combined impacts of the following factors on postdivorce adjustment in Israel: time elasped after divorce, domains in the life space, and gender. Fifty divorced females and fifty divorced males were interviewed on their subjective well-being in...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1985-08, Vol.47 (3), p.765-771
Main Authors: Katz, Ruth, Pesach, Nirit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Divorce
Gender roles
Housing
Husbands
International Department
Men
Mothers
Parenthood
Spouses
Wellbeing
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Summary:An attempt was made to examine the separate as well as combined impacts of the following factors on postdivorce adjustment in Israel: time elasped after divorce, domains in the life space, and gender. Fifty divorced females and fifty divorced males were interviewed on their subjective well-being in eight domains of life at two periods of time. Six further in-depth interviews were conducted on the same topics and periods. Among the main findings, (a) for both genders a process of improvement in their subjective well-being operates within 2-4 years; (b) there are separate patterns of distress and adjustment for divorced males and females; (c) the gap between the genders in overall adjustment to single life becomes more emphasized in the long run, while the structural divergence between domains is de-emphasized. Explanations are based on role differentiation as well as on the special characteristics of Israeli society.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/352281