Male and female post-divorce strategies of personal life: A longitude research

Abstract

The number of divorces is steadily growing, both in the Russian Federation and abroad. According to various estimates, every second marriage in Russia falls apart. Divorce and the emotions that accompany it change one’s behavior: divorcees’ further personal lives are affected by the previous experience of family relationships. Thus, the personal life satisfaction of a divorcee entirely depends on the strategy he or she chooses on the basis of the experience obtained from the previous marriage. The present paper features some results of a longitude study in the strategies of personal life arrangement. The research involved former spouses of three age groups (25-65) five years after divorce. The research revealed that strategies differed significantly according to gender and age. However, the strategy of escape from family lifestyle prevailed.