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“Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else is Doing it Too”

July 8th, 2010

Dr J’s latest podcast features her latest interview with Todd Wilken over at Issues, Etc, where they discuss cluster divorce.  The study they cite (spearheaded by Brown University’s Dr. Rose McDermott and available in entirety here) finds that when your friends divorce, you’re more likely to split from your spouse–75% more likely, to be specific (though children mitigate the effect somewhat).  Even friends of friends have an impact.  Check it out.

“Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else is Doing it Too”

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