single-parent family - correct answer ✔✔a family created with children divorce or unmarried
motherhood, in which only one parent is present. A family consisting of just one parent and one or more
children.
Remarriage - correct answer ✔✔a marriage in which one or both of the partners has been married
before
private safety net - correct answer ✔✔social support from one's social network in which one can fall
back in times of economic need.
Stations of Divorce - correct answer ✔✔The multiple experiences people have as their marriages end.
emotional divorce - correct answer ✔✔one or both partners stop engaging in the relationship and it
begins before people take any legal steps
legal divorce - correct answer ✔✔the court-ordered termination of a marriage
economic divorce - correct answer ✔✔the dividing of property, money, and resources, sometimes court
ordered alimony
coparental divorce - correct answer ✔✔the arrangements divorcing couples work out concerning child
custody, visitation rights, and the financial and legal responsibilities of each parent
community divorce - correct answer ✔✔relationships with friends, acquaintances, and relatives may
change and new relationships are created
social father - correct answer ✔✔a male relative, family associate, or mother's partner who acts like a
father to her children
, social capital - correct answer ✔✔the guidance, attention, and social connections that can enhance the
quality of one's opportunities
psychic divorce - correct answer ✔✔one partner no longer feels connected to the relationship and
usually takes longer to work out because one has to work on creating a new identity
social intergration - correct answer ✔✔the degree of interaction between individuals and the larger
community
parental claiming - correct answer ✔✔Process by which stepfathers come to see stepchildren as their
own children.
Intergenerational transmission - correct answer ✔✔the increased likelihood that children of divorced
parents will themselves later divorce
separation distress - correct answer ✔✔a psychological state following separation that may be
characterized by depression, anxiety, intense loneliness, or feelings of loss
deficit approach - correct answer ✔✔an approach to studying single-parent families that emphasizes the
stresses and difficulties faced by parents and children.
deficit approach - correct answer ✔✔single-parent households tend to be studied using this approach
crude divorce rate - correct answer ✔✔a statistical measure of divorce calculated on the basis of the
number of divorces per 1,000 people in the population
distal causes - correct answer ✔✔Background characteristics (e.g., age at marriage, prior cohabitation,
parental divorce) brought by spouses into marriage that raise the likelihood of later marital problems.
proximal causes - correct answer ✔✔experiences in the daily life of married couples that directly raise
their probability of divorce
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