Adult Children of Divorce - Confused Love Seekers (Hardcover)

Romantic love is often an elusive, fragile, and tenuous state, difficult to maintain across years. The rates of divorce, re-divorce, relationship violence, and abuse today attest to the fact that Americans are failing at romantic love. For teenaged and adult children of divorce, romantic love is especially elusive. Because they have no road map of a satisfying, stable romantic relationship derived from their own parents, they are confused about what love is and tend to make poor partner choices. Borrowing heavily from popular culture for their unrealistic standards regarding love, they become disillusioned when their all-too-ordinary lovers don't measure up. Especially vulnerable to the problems their parents had, they tend to overreact in a similar negative fashion and are all too ready to consider divorce when unhappiness strikes. In trying to halt intergenerational transmission of divorce, Psychologist Piorkowski points out how American popular culture presents an over-sexualized, explosive, and superficial version of romantic love that can't last. With this book, adult children of divorce can begin to recognize how they have been affected by familial experiences and develop a new, realistic map to provide directions for more fulfilling and enduring romantic relationships. Piorkowski, in an extensive review of literature, also looks at cultural factors and how they impact romantic love and marriage. In contrast to American popular culture's shallow rendition of romantic love, many cultures elsewhere in the world emphasize compatibility, religion, and family allegiance. As a result, says the author, such marriages appear more stable than American unions built upon the shifting sandsof emotion.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	Geraldine K. Piorkowski
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-34600-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-313-34600-3
Barcode:	9780313346002

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