This study explores the factors that divorcing couples say contributed to the breakdown of their marriage and how those factors are related to thoughts and interest in reconciliation. A sample of 886 individual divorcing parents in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in 2008 responded to a brief survey after mandated parenting classes. The two most common reasons given for seeking a divorce were “growing apart” (55%) and “not able to talk together” (53%). Growing apart, differences in tastes, and money problems were negatively associated with interest in reconciliation; abuse and adultery were not associated with interest in reconciliation.
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Reasons for Divorce and Openness to Marital Reconciliation
Alan J. Hawkins School of Family Life , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA Correspondencehawkinsa@byu.edu, Brian J. Willoughby School of Family Life , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA & William J. Doherty Family Social Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
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Published online: 13 Aug 2012
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Reasons for Divorce and Openness to Marital Reconciliation
Alan J. Hawkins School of Family Life , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA Correspondencehawkinsa@byu.edu, Brian J. Willoughby School of Family Life , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA & William J. Doherty Family Social Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
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