TWO FACES 0F DIVORCE

《离婚的两面》研究将从母亲和父亲的角度审查离婚的前因后果。 该项目有三个主要目标：（1）确定对离婚的成本和收益的看法是否与随后的离婚有关，并确定哪些类型的成本和收益（即，经济、社会和父母）给予最大的权重，（2）通过从母亲和父亲的角度研究各种各样的福祉领域，扩大我们对离婚带来的好处和损失的了解，（3）评估母亲和父亲能够准确评估离婚后果的程度。 该项目具有理论和应用意义。 先前关于离婚决定因素的研究表明，许多夫妇选择离婚是因为他们希望这样做会更好，而关于离婚后果的研究表明，离婚会导致多个领域的福祉下降。 本研究将关于离婚决定因素的研究和理论与关于离婚后果的研究和理论联系起来，以解决这一难题-重点关注夫妻对离婚的动机和期望如何与离婚结果相关。 它审查了（a）离婚的后果在多大程度上是无法预料的，（B）离婚与生活的某些领域的福祉的增加有关，抵消了生活的其他领域的负面影响，（c）离婚的不同当事人以牺牲对方为代价获益。 分析将使用来自全国家庭和住户调查的纵向数据。 回归技术被用来研究离婚前的期望和随后的离婚，离婚的后果，离婚前的期望离婚的后果的准确性，以及离婚的后果在多大程度上是由母亲和父亲之间共享之间的关系。

The Two Faces of Divorce Study will examine the antecedents and consequences of divorce from the perspective of mothers and fathers. The project has three primary objectives: (1) to determine whether perceptions of the costs and benefits of divorce are related to subsequent divorce and to determine what types of costs and benefits (i.e., economic, social, and parental) are given the most weight, (2) to expand our knowledge of the gains and losses associated with divorce by examining a broad variety of areas of well-being from the perspective of both mothers and fathers, and (3) to assess the extent to which mothers and fathers can accurately assess the consequences of divorce. The project has both theoretical and applied significance. Prior research on the determinants of divorce suggests that many couples choose to divorce when they expect to be better off from doing so, while research on the consequences of divorce indicates that divorce leads to declines in well-being in a variety of areas. This study bridges research and theory on the determinants of divorce with research and theory on the consequences of divorce to address this puzzle - focusing on how couples' motivations for- and expectations about divorce are related to divorce outcomes. It examines the extent to which (a) the consequences of divorce are unanticipated, (b) divorce is associated with increases in well-being in some areas of life that counteract negative consequences in other areas of life, and (c) different parties of divorce benefit at the expense of each other. The analysis will use longitudinal data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Regression techniques are used to examine the relationship between pre-divorce expectations and subsequent divorce, the consequences of divorce, the accuracy of pre-divorce expectations about the consequences of divorce, and the extent to which the consequences of divorce are shared between mothers and fathers.