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Divorce is on the rise due to the "traditional reasons" as well as the "starter marriage" syndrome.
Why Do People Get Divorced?
Gottman offers research to support two main reasons and times for divorce:
- 5-7 years due to high conflict
- 10-12 years due to loss of intimacy and connection
But why does this happen? Wallerstein offers that divorce is passed down from divorcing parents to their children:
- Among adult children of divorced parents, only 60% marry, with 50% marrying before age 25 and most marrying people they had known only a short-time.
- 40% of them eventually divorce (in other words, only 36% of children of divorce are happily married). Among adult children from intact families, 80% marry, and 9% of them divorce (in other words, 73% of children of intact families are happily married).
- Among the adult children of divorced parents that never marry, half are women. Among the adult children from intact families that never marry, one-third are women.
