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Informationen zum Autor Robert S. Weiss is Chairman of the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts. He is the coauthor (with Ira O. Glick and C. Murray Parkes) of The First Year of Bereavement (1974) and editor of Loneliness (1973). Klappentext The widely used study of both the social and psychological ramifications of separation and divorce. Published by Basic Books. Zusammenfassung A compelling account of the personal experiences of those whose marriages have ended. Dr. Weiss brings a new understanding of the specific stresses and difficulties of the separated. He makes concrete, practical, and unmistakably humane suggestions designed to ease the transition and to aid in the reorganization of the life of the newly separated. The emotional and social challenges that one might expect to encounter are fully described and coupled with ”strategies for recovery”: how to tell one's children, relatives, and friends; what to expect of (and ask) a lawyer; and what to look for in forming new relationships. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Preface * The Rising Rate of Separation * Aspects of the Failing Marriage * The Erosion of Love and the Persistence of Attachment * Distress! Euphoria! and Other Emotional Reactions to Loss of Attachment * Separation and Identity Change * The Continuing Relationship of Husbands and Wives * Kin: The Hesitancies of Telling Them! and the Reactions They Display * Friends: The Changes in Relationships with Them * Effects of Separation on Relationships with Ones Children * The Meaning of the Separation for the Children * Starting Over * Legal Matters * Dating and Related Matters * New Attachments * Afterword
