title: Women's reflections on divorce-- 10 years later.
abstract: Ten years after divorce 95 women who participated in an earlier study of divorce were asked to reflect on their lives since their divorce. They were mailed a questionnaire to describe demographic data, self-esteem, control, life assessment, and their lives since divorce. Fewer than half remarried and of those who did, 10 divorced a second time. Slightly more women partnered than married. Their overall assessment of their lives was reported positively. However, 25% felt the same or worse than they had 10 years earlier. Income was the only demographic variable correlated with self-esteem, control, and life assessment. Women used a variety of self-care actions to improve their lives and only six women went to professional therapy. Their lives and some of the actions taken are described.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. mary.duffy@nurs.utah.edu
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trayner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires