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postparental
period of marriage after children are gone
TERM 2
what period lasts longer than any other in the
marital life cycle
DEFINITION 2
post parental period
TERM 3
recent indicators on young adults living with
parents and aged parents living with children
DEFINITION 3
coresidence increasing boomarang kids nealy half returning
home
TERM 4
age of the middle years
DEFINITION 4
TERM 5
data on fathers interactions with their
children
DEFINITION 5
kids need mother and father, fathers tend to be more into
disiplinary roles... however fathers can be full time caregivers
and very nurturing.
teenagers in the U.S. and other countries and
rates of pregnancy
U.S. teens are as likely as any other country to have sex but
less likely to use contraceptives, resulting in more
pregnancies.
TERM 7
african american births outside of marital
context in 2000
DEFINITION 7
TERM 8
census data tween 1970 and 2000 on unwed
mothers
DEFINITION 8
steep increase from 1970 to 2000
TERM 9
data on impact of young and unwed parent on
the adjustment of the child
DEFINITION 9
negitive
TERM 10
baby boom was caused by what
DEFINITION 10
after world war two men came home and sudenly there was
plenty of eligible bachlors for women to marry.
last born children/youngest child
tend to be more- sexually permissive, likely to engage in
social activities, more likely to visit with friends frequently,
more likely to make use of the midea and consistintly less
traditional.
TERM 17
how parents lifes changed after their babies
were born
DEFINITION 17
new tasks everything diffrent, u shape chart
TERM 18
mothers ideal caretakers for preschool aged
children
DEFINITION 18
yes they are more nurturing
TERM 19
compared to the past in industrialized
countries, cultural pressure to become
parents appear to have changed how?
DEFINITION 19
less children dont need to save money for them self
TERM 20
uncertianty reduction theory
DEFINITION 20
all people seek to reduce uncertianty in our lives in some
cultures more children to provide financial aide.
the percent of women that have been found
to return to their employment within two
years after the birth
1 in 5 stayed employed 60 % return home with in two years.
TERM 22
compare black and white pregnant and
unwed teenagers
DEFINITION 22
black- more likely to be unwed mothers white- more likely
abortion or adoption then black
TERM 23
as of 2000 of all births the number that were
born to unmarried women
DEFINITION 23
1.35 million or 1 births in 3
TERM 24
the biggest percent increase over the past 20
years in births to unmarried women was to
what group
DEFINITION 24
age 20-
TERM 25
compared to children born within a marriage
children born to unwed mothers ...
DEFINITION 25
scored more poorly on tests of academic skill and were more
likely to be retained in school, to initiate early sexual activity
and display problem behaviors shuch as truancy and fighting
do joyous events prodouce stress?
yes any sudden change can even though it may be good
stress it is still stress.
TERM 32
home-to-work stress
DEFINITION 32
more strong in men. both men and women reduce
involvement at home when stressed at work.
TERM 33
levinson and violence cross culturally
DEFINITION 33
16 of 90 societys in his sample were free from violence
TERM 34
family violence in societies where men
control women & mothers job is child bearing
DEFINITION 34
makes family violence more common
TERM 35
abusers and mentally disturbed,
psychologically unbalanced or even psychotic
DEFINITION 35
violence is a attributed to only 10% mental illness
universal midlife crisis among
men
Definition
TERM 37
marital satisfaction over family life
course
DEFINITION 37
the u shape curve
TERM 38
the belief that adult children abandon their
elderly relatives
DEFINITION 38
Definition
TERM 39
where do the majority of people over 85 live
DEFINITION 39
25% live in institutions.
TERM 40
the percent of elderly below the poverty level
in 2000 and 1970
DEFINITION 40
Definition
retirement
Definition
TERM 47
the consequences of child sexual abuse
DEFINITION 47
long lasting dysfunction, more likely to have homosexual
experiences , be depressed, drink, or commit suicide.
TERM 48
research on physical aggresion among
cohabitating couples compared to married
couples.
DEFINITION 48
physical aggression is twice as common for cohabitating
couples as it is for married.
TERM 49
wife beating percent cange in national
studies by straus and gelles in 1975 and 1985
DEFINITION 49
27% decrease in wife beating from 1975 to 1985
TERM 50
diana russell in her study of marital rape
reported what?
DEFINITION 50
1 in 7 women felt raped by husband at least once or several
times
research by straus and gelles on assault by
women on their male partners
- less data - people fear that drawing attention to it will take
away from stoping wife abuse - embarresed to say beaten by
wife -womens abuse is ore visable then when men abuse
women - occuar about the same rate
TERM 52
when do abused women call the
police
DEFINITION 52
they call police as their last option.
TERM 53
in a national sample of never married persons
18-30 found what about physical agression
DEFINITION 53
women in that catagory tend to be as least likely if not more
likely to be physically agressive then men.
TERM 54
compared to any other place or person people
are more likely to be beaten, raped, or killed
by...
DEFINITION 54
a loved one ( family member or close friend) and in the
home.
TERM 55
myths of family violence
DEFINITION 55
1) abusers are aliens and innocents are victims ( commited by horrible
people against innocent) 2) the family is non violent 3) abuse is confined
to poor minority familys ( more likely but not confined to) 4) alcohal and
drugs are the real causes of violence ( high asociation w drink, some
drugs lower violence, eliminating problem will not eliminate violence) 5)
children who are abused grow up to be abusers ( some tend to but not all
are 6) battered women like being hit ( dont have recources to get out
longer they stay harder) 7) violence and love are incompatable ( child still
loves parents spouse still loves abusive spouse.)
why do physically abused wives stay with
their husbands?
they have no resources or alternatives.
TERM 62
as of 1990 the number of states that allow
the prosecution of husbands for raping their
wives
DEFINITION 62
16 states... in other states you can for only certian cases
TERM 63
in explaining the high rates of violence by
women straus suggests what?
DEFINITION 63
when women are violent against men it may be self defense
TERM 64
characteristics of sibling abuse and violence
DEFINITION 64
fighting or throwing and object is most common ... normally
brought on by jealousy of things or privlages.
TERM 65
in prevention of family violence straus and
gelles argue what?
DEFINITION 65
prevention policies and programs must be directed at the
two factors that make it possible for people toabuse and mal
treat those whom they love
divorce and the worlds nations, including the
most tribal societies
united stats is one of the highest rates for divorce in the
world though russia and ukraine are higher... above 3. ...
from 2.0 - 2.5 is northern central and western eruope canada
uk .. 2.0 and less is spain italy greece.. and less than .7 is
catholic countries such as poland ireland and mexico.
TERM 67
data on the world and the united states
divorce rates in the 1980s
DEFINITION 67
in the 1980s divorce rates were the highest ever
TERM 68
divorce rates decline and incline when?
DEFINITION 68
when the economy goes up they decline and when the
economy goes down they incline
TERM 69
religious groups and divorce rates
DEFINITION 69
highest is protestants ( more strict like evangelical) then
catholic then jewish.
TERM 70
divorcing moms under the no fault system in
the comparison to the former adversary
system
DEFINITION 70
mothers under the no fault system are more poor than under
the former adversary system
Japanese woman and remarriage
japanese women are WAY less likely to get remarried than
american women
TERM 77
step parenting experience for step mom/dad
and step child
DEFINITION 77
Step FATHERS- tend to destroy the relationship between the
children and the biological parent living outside the home. fathers
"swap " families when they form new ones when bio child in there
new house too. Step MOM- less satisfied with child relationship
and show more negative behavior to them than step fathers dont
like accepting bond of child and biological mother Step CHILD-
about the same number of adjustment problems as children in
single parent families and more than in a origional 2 parent family.
more suicide anxiety lonlines and less self esteem
TERM 78
desertation
DEFINITION 78
wilful abandonment with out legal justification of a spouse or
children
TERM 79
marital separation
DEFINITION 79
the state in which individuals are legally married but do not
share a common household or residence.
TERM 80
annulment
DEFINITION 80
the process of ending a marriage because of conditions that
existed prior to it in effect of making the marriage non
existant .. such as underage, already married, insanity,
incurable impotance, and incest.
in sweden marital and couple break up
because so many people cohabitate and break up it is the
highest number in the world.
TERM 82
in 2000 the divorce rate was
aproximately
DEFINITION 82
8.2. people though over 60% were still married.
TERM 83
the number of divorce decrees in 2000
compared to 1981 showed
DEFINITION 83
7.2 percent fewer break ups than 1981 so it decreased
TERM 84
the most common years for divorce is
DEFINITION 84
the first 5 years of marriage
TERM 85
divorce differentials on the basis of major
religious affliation reveal what
DEFINITION 85
the more religious the less likely to divorce
stepfamiles
1) biological parent does not live in house 2) parent child
relationship predates the new marriage 3) legal binds the
married parents but nothing binds the step child to their step
parent
