title: The dimensions of meaning and belonging in the process of divorce.
abstract: Emotional reactions to divorce are described, with particular reference to the loss of social definition faced by members of the separating family. It is suggested that, for children in particular, disruption of the family matrix constitutes a crisis of meaning and belonging that may be central to the impact of divorce.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D004243:Divorce; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations