“…Although this perspective is “one of the best explanations of marital stability” (White, : 28), an important criticism is that it does not address the sources of changes in marriages, that is, what might cause shifts in the rewards, costs, and attractiveness of alternatives to a relationship (Karney and Bradbury, ). We suggest that spouses can have life events and experiences that, by altering these factors, cause their stable marriages to become unstable.…”
Section: A Theory Of Marital Dissolutionmentioning
Recent studies have suggested that incarceration dramatically increases the odds of divorce, but we know little about the mechanisms that explain the association. This study uses prospective longitudinal data from a subset of married young adults in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 1,919) to examine whether incarceration is associated with divorce indirectly via low marital love, economic strain, relationship violence, and extramarital sex. The findings confirmed that incarcerations occurring during, but not before, a marriage were associated with an increased hazard of divorce. Incarcerations occurring during marriage also were associated with less marital love, more relationship violence, more economic strain, and greater odds of extramarital sex. Above-average levels of economic strain were visible among respondents observed preincarceration, but only respondents observed postincarceration showed less marital love, more relationship violence, and higher odds of extramarital sex than did respondents who were not incarcerated during marriage. These relationship problems explained approximately 40 percent of the association between incarceration and marital dissolution. These findings are consistent with theoretical predictions that a spouse’s incarceration alters the rewards and costs of the marriage and the relative attractiveness of alternative partners.
“…Although this perspective is “one of the best explanations of marital stability” (White, : 28), an important criticism is that it does not address the sources of changes in marriages, that is, what might cause shifts in the rewards, costs, and attractiveness of alternatives to a relationship (Karney and Bradbury, ). We suggest that spouses can have life events and experiences that, by altering these factors, cause their stable marriages to become unstable.…”
Section: A Theory Of Marital Dissolutionmentioning
Recent studies have suggested that incarceration dramatically increases the odds of divorce, but we know little about the mechanisms that explain the association. This study uses prospective longitudinal data from a subset of married young adults in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 1,919) to examine whether incarceration is associated with divorce indirectly via low marital love, economic strain, relationship violence, and extramarital sex. The findings confirmed that incarcerations occurring during, but not before, a marriage were associated with an increased hazard of divorce. Incarcerations occurring during marriage also were associated with less marital love, more relationship violence, more economic strain, and greater odds of extramarital sex. Above-average levels of economic strain were visible among respondents observed preincarceration, but only respondents observed postincarceration showed less marital love, more relationship violence, and higher odds of extramarital sex than did respondents who were not incarcerated during marriage. These relationship problems explained approximately 40 percent of the association between incarceration and marital dissolution. These findings are consistent with theoretical predictions that a spouse’s incarceration alters the rewards and costs of the marriage and the relative attractiveness of alternative partners.
“…Similarly, Martin () benefited from another 20 years of advancement when he further demonstrated newer statistical techniques to test the complex propositions of development theory. In an overview of the general state of family theory, White () stated: It seems, however, the awareness of levels of analysis and the methodological and statistical advances we have experiences in the last few decades have “out paced” theoretical developments and our understanding of what is involved in constructing multilevel theories with cross‐level interaction. (p. 31)…”
Section: Methodological Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The application and development of FDT since 1987, however, has been limited. Although White () has described it as still a widely used theory, the data would suggest otherwise. A partial explanation for the relative dearth of FDT‐based articles may lie in the integration of FDT with other theories, including systems theory (Olson, ) and the life course perspective (Elder, ), discussed in greater detail later.…”
Mattessich and Hill (1987) charted an historical overview of the family life cycle and development perspective in The Handbook of Marriage and the Family. That same year Evelyn Duvall presented a distinguished lecture at the National Council on Family Relations meeting titled, “Family Development's First Forty Years.” These academic works capture the historical foundation of family development theory by two pioneers of the theory and provide a reference point for discussing the history, current state, and future of the theory. In this article, Hill's and Duvall's historical accounts are summarized, contextualized, and used as a reference point to present four challenges to the future relevance of family development theory. Recommendations for future theory, research and practice are suggested.
“…Esta investigación contribuye al debate sobre la importancia de la familia en procesos de conflicto armado y el fin del mismo, básicamente desde un aporte descriptivo y conceptual. Tal como afirma White (2013), es necesario investigar constantemente en el campo de la familia porque los teóricos contemporáneos parecen errantes en un campo salvaje y sin dirección alguna.…”
Objetivo. Develar algunos sentidos sobre familia construidos por niños y niñas de familias en condiciones de riesgo y desplazamiento en Medellín. Metodología. El método es cualitativo y se usaron entrevistas, grupos focales y talleres. Resultados y conclusión. En el presente artículo se exponen algunos sentidos sobre familia a partir de las vivencias de los niños y las niñas; el desplazamiento es tomado solo como contexto y no como objeto de estudio. Se concluye que estas vivencias configuran los sentidos de niños y niñas con respecto a sus familias. Estas vivencias son referencia ontológica y existencial, y acceden a ellas a través del lenguaje simbólico, de su discurso, de las narraciones y las formas de relación con sus familias. En este proceso emergieron el juego como forma de relación, las trasformaciones en la identidad y la familia como espacio de inclusión; constituyéndose así el cuidado y la protección como los sentidos más significativos otorgados por los niños y las niñas a sus familias.
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