Women and Divorce/Men and Divorce

This book presents recent research in the area of gender issues as they relate to divorce and adjustment to divorce and its representative of current trends and issues in this newly emerging area of research. The contributors, from a variety of research concentrations, approach the subject in the context of family studies and family theory. Important topics covered include gender differences in divorce adjustment, gender differences in adjustment to stepparenting, gender factors related to support, gender issues related to child-rearing practices after divorce, and cultural factors that relate to gender differences in adjustment to divorce. "Women and Divorce/Men and Divorce" should provide guidance for graduate-and post-graduate-level readers with an interest in research and its clinical applications. Family therapists, counselors who work with divorce issues, and social workers and psychologists in the family and divorce field will also benefit from this book.