The Divorce Process:

James J. Ponzetti, Jr., Rodney M. Cate
1988 Journal of Divorce  
approved: ctO9ty, M. Cate The purpose of the present study was to describe the process of marital dissolution. This description entailed collecting information about the process itself and then typologizing divorces on the basis of their trajectories to dissolution. One hundred and seven divorced individuals were interviewed. This interview consisted of three parts. First, participants graphed their relationships from the recognition of significant marital dissatisfaction until the divorce was
more » ... inal. Second, participants divided these trajectories into three time periods: recognition, discussion, and action periods of the divorce process. Third, participants completed questionnaires that assessed the relationship dimensions of love, maintenance, ambivalence, conflict, trust, marital satisfaction, and comparison level for alternatives at each time period. Constructing the Typology of Marital Dissolution
doi:10.1300/j279v11n03_01 fatcat:v46yxapptfeyfk3xsmzlc4tdgu