Date of Award

1-1-2009

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 354 leaves) : form, samples.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Glenna Spitze

Committee Members

Katherine Trent, Russel Ward

Keywords

adult children, adult sibling relationships, family relationships, intergenerational ambivalence, Mid to late life parental divorce, parent-child sibling relationships, Adult children of divorced parents

Subject Categories

Sociology

Abstract

Since the late 1980s, there has been an increase in the number of studies looking at the impact of a mid to late life parental divorce on adult children. Most of the studies focus on the parent-child relationship, while no studies assess the adult sibling relationship. This dissertation was designed to provide a better understanding of how and why family relationships, including the parent-child and adult sibling relationships, may be affected by a mid to late life parental divorce.

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