Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to enlighten and explore divorce in a holistic manner. The core objective of the paper is to enlighten and explore divorce which is one of the most crucial burdens deteriorating society. Moreover the paper also focuses on the consequences of divorce in diverse context. The paper enlightens the effects of divorce on society and also the children of divorced parents. According to psychologists, Divorce is a stressful situation, threatening the mental equilibrium of one or both partners, and especially children. The situation of divorce in the family causes significant harm to the mental health of both partners and their children, for which there cannot be divorced from either the father or mother. Parents cannot be strangers for the children's. It is dissolution of marriage, in which the consent of both the partners generally exists. Marriage is not only being terminated or dissolute by the decision of the spouses, but it is also terminated by law. In particular, if one spouse has died or declared dead by a court, then the marriage is terminated. Many believe that divorce occurs more frequently in the modern United States as compared with other societies. However, anthropologists have reported comparable rates of divorce and remarriage among hunting and gathering societies and other groups to those in modern-day industrial societies.

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Causes of Divorce3

Divorce and Society5

Effects of Divorce6

Impact of Divorce on Family Functioning7

Impact of Divorce on Children8

Risk Factors Associated with Children in Divorce Cases8

Psychological Consequence of Divorce on Children10

Effects of the Risk Factors Associated with Divorce Cases11

Conclusion12

Works Cited14

Appendix16

Annotated Bibliography16

Outline18

Divorce

Introduction

Depending on the society, marriage may require religious or civil sanction (or both), although some couples may come to be considered married simply by living together for a prescribed period (common law marriage). In most societies marriage serves to socially identify children by clearly defining kinship ties to a mother, father, and extended relatives. It also serves to regulate sexual behavior; to transfer, preserve, or consolidate property, prestige, and power; and, in patriarchal societies, to transfer authority over women from fathers to husbands. Most important, it is the basis for the institution of the family.

Divorce rates in the United States are notably higher today than 40 years ago, despite a slow downward trend since about 1980. After a long-run slow increase since the early twentieth century interrupted by a spike at the end of World War II and a leveling off for the 20 years afterward, the divorce rate more than doubled in the period between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. Divorce, like all family topics, is fundamentally intertwined with gender. The causes and consequences of divorce are gendered in various ways because the family itself is historically a gendered institution. The causes of increased divorce rates are also gendered, with changes in the expectations of marriage playing a role along with changing employment opportunities for men and women.

Causes of Divorce

At the societal level, there are several causes of rising (or high) divorce rates. Since the Enlightenment era, marriage in ...