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Online Interventions Can Smooth Divorce

Neil Petersen — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:00:31 +0000

Marriages can go south for a variety of reasons, but whatever the cause, the effect can include damage to one’s mental health. Regular readers of the AllPsych blog might recall a study that came out last year looking at the most common reasons for divorce among couples in Denmark. Now, the team of researchers who…

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Short Interval Between Children Ups Risk of Divorce

Neil Petersen — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:46:07 +0000

We all like a fairytale love story, but psychologists are just as interested in stories about marriages that fall apart. That much is clear from a study I wrote about last year, in which researchers surveyed a couple thousand residents of Denmark about their reasons for divorce. Participants found a whole range of shortcomings in…

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The Top Reasons for Divorce

Neil Petersen — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 00:54:11 +0000

The odds of a marriage splitting up are basically as good as a coin flip. In the United States, almost half of married couples are headed for divorce. Unlike the results of a coin flip, a divorce is often something you can see coming. With divorce so common, maybe you’ve wondered what the top reasons…

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