Wednesday, August 4, 2010

New Study: Is Divorce Contagious?

By Clare Westwood

In recent times there have been many discussions surrounding the subject of 'is divorce contagious?' Divorces occurring later in life seem to be the most popular for fitting into this theory.

Statistics show that couples aged over 55 are now getting divorced more frequently- even though national divorce rates are starting to decrease. Around one fifth of divorces happen to people who have been married for twenty years or over.

Statistics show that the main reason women cite for divorcing is because they feel genuinely unfulfilled within the partnership. Men on the other hand state that other prospects being made available to them help them decide. Interestingly almost two thirds of divorces that happen later in life are initiated by women.

Nearly three quarters of people that initiate divorce later in life were happy that they had done so after. Due to people generally living for longer settling for an unhappy or unfulfilling relationship is becoming less and less desirable. People now wish to get more out of marriage.

Many people have probably sat back and thought that it seems as though everyone around them are divorcing but for the first time ever scientists have offered an explanation for it. Scientist have concluded that they have linked one divorce in a family to opening the doors to more divorces.

Friends are the most common group to be affected by the 'contagious' divorce and scientists have concluded that this may be due to newly single friends telling married friends of how much happier they are. Co-workers are the second most influential group.

The main relationship advice given to older couples is to keep communication levels high. Lots of later in life separations and divorces occur when two people begin leading separate lives. It is a good idea to try new thing's together and visit different countries for holidays in order to avoid falling into the 'separate lives' pitfall.

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