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Young Adults' Assimilation of Parental Divorce: A Developmental Elaboration of the Assimilation Model

Fishman, Jonathan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240597649

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
This study was an exploratory project that used the lens of the assimilation model (Stiles, 2002) to study parental divorce. It took a developmental approach, suggesting that Erikson’s psychosocial stages, and McAdams’s research on life stories could be incorporated within the assimilation model to improve its ability to understand the experience of parental divorce among young adults. Three women between the ages of 18 and 25 were interviewed for approximately 2.5 hours about their experience of childhood parental divorce. Their interviews were then studied to understand how each of the women’s ability to narrate her experience of her parents’ divorce was tied to their ability to master their current developmental tasks. This study suggested that participants’ ability to narrate their experience of parental divorce was tied not only to their assimilation of this experience, but also to their success in mastering their current developmental stage.
William Stiles, Ph. D. (Advisor)
Patricia Kerig, Ph. D. (Committee Member)
Jennifer Green, Ph. D. (Committee Member)
57 p.
Psychology
divorce; parental divorce; assimilation; assimilation model; young adults

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  • Fishman, J. (2009). Young Adults' Assimilation of Parental Divorce: A Developmental Elaboration of the Assimilation Model [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240597649

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fishman, Jonathan. Young Adults' Assimilation of Parental Divorce: A Developmental Elaboration of the Assimilation Model. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240597649.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fishman, Jonathan. "Young Adults' Assimilation of Parental Divorce: A Developmental Elaboration of the Assimilation Model." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240597649

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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