Gender Roles In Divorce Research

The many health issues of a divorce can be related to an earlier death or an overall less healthy lifestyle (Sohn 2015). The effects of a divorce are seen more in women and are seen in men, but men are not nearly as affected as women are (Dahl et al. 2015:466). The reasons vary but in most cases a huge reason is the fact that women are more likely to continue to be the main caregiver to the children. The gender roles instilled to each individual plays a huge part into how they learn to handle issues like these kinds (Meltzer 2011:151).
Social media in now an aspect of life that contributes to a slower healing process that can cause physiological and psychological pain within the individuals (Clayton et al. 2013:719). This is important new …show more content…
In the amount of time from the beginning of the study some of the men and women were interviewed to still see if their happiness in their marriage was consistent from the many years before that they were interviewed (Dahl et al. 2015:465). This study resulted in recording some of the participants having gotten a divorce before conducting this older study. This allowed for an unbiased data set that was completely dependent on the individuals’ lives without intervention from those studying them for the results (Dahl et al. …show more content…
They face many psychological challenges that cause a sociological problem for the entirety of divorce. In many studies, those of divorced families are likely to take the same steps in their parents footsteps (Meltzer 2011:149). The passing on of divorce is almost genetic when it comes to the statistics as well. This can be explained by social learning theory however as many just repeat the actions of what they have seen others do (Gatins et al. 2014:248) They do not get the chance to learn what a healthy relationship looks like before trying to have one of their