Parents-In-Law: Failure and Divorce In a Second Chance Family.

Lager, Eric

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ERIC Number: EJ169344

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Publication Date: 1977

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Parents-In-Law: Failure and Divorce In a Second Chance Family

Lager, Eric

Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 3, 4, 19-23, Oct 77

Frequently the motive for divorce is neurotic. This paper calls attention to one such motive: reaction to disappointment by a significant parent-in-law, which may go unnoticed by both the therapist and the patient who has come for help at the time when the marriage is disintegrating. (Author)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Divorce, Family Relationship, Fantasy, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling, Neurosis, Personality Development, Self Concept

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