Dyadic Adjustment Processes in Divorce Counseling

This article reviews nine stage models of divorce adjustment, all but one of which define adjustment to divorce in terms of the individual experience. As an alternative to these models, the authors describe the Dyadic Divorce Adjustment Processes Model, which depicts the divorce process as a journey...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 1990-11, Vol.69 (2), p.134-143
Main Authors: HACKNEY, HAROLD, BERNARD, JANINE M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment (Psychology)
Adjustment (to Environment)
Counseling Techniques
Divorce
Divorce counseling
Practice
Psychological aspects
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Summary:This article reviews nine stage models of divorce adjustment, all but one of which define adjustment to divorce in terms of the individual experience. As an alternative to these models, the authors describe the Dyadic Divorce Adjustment Processes Model, which depicts the divorce process as a journey traveled by two persons, experiencing parallel, but not necessarily simultaneous progression, and which presents the transition from married to divorced as both a linear and dynamic phenomenon. In addition, the authors introduce the concept of experiential levels or states in the adjustment process, accounting for the dynamic aspect of divorce. Four different levels and concomitant therapeutic issues for each level are presented and described in relation to divorce adjustment counseling.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01474.x