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Constance Ahrons: Divorce Restructures Families – Video

Constance Ahrons describes the result of a follow-up study she conducted on adult children from divorced parents. She found that the divorce made the family more complex and restructured, but did not destroy the notion of family for the children.

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Constance Ahrons

Author of the highly praised book, The Good Divorce, and co-author of Divorced Families, Constance Ahrons is Professor Emerita from the Department of Sociology and former Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Doctoral Training Program at the University of Southern California. Prior to her joining the USC faculty, she… MORE >

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