Deck 1: Marital Separation: Definition and Process

Question 1

The major cause of the dissolution of intimate partner relationships today is:

A)age
B)divorce
C)death
D)Separation

Answer 1

Separation

Question 2

Weiss found the social emotional lives of couples was disrupted more by separation than divorce.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the figures listed below most accurately describes the number of cohabiting relationships disrupted by
Separation in the United States?

A)55%
B)40%
C)80%
D)20%

Answer 3

55%

Question 4

Intimate partner separation is defined as a process characterized by the intentional withdrawal of physical and
Emotional accessibility that one or both partners perceive as: (check two)

A)contingent
B)temporary
C)contingent and temporary
D)non-contingent and permanent
E)strategic withdrawal

Question 5

According to authors of this text, the meaning/experience of separation varies with gender and:

A)the ages of the couple
B)who initiates the separation
C)the presence of step-children
D)first and second marriages

Question 6

Okun found the average number of separations for separated women who sought safety in a women's shelter was:

A)1.5
B)7.2
C)5.07
D)2.08

Question 7

Unmarried couples can separate, but only married couples can divorce.

Question 8

Intimate partner violence is a function of:

A)opportunity and motivation
B)opportunity and age
C)motivation and ethnicity
D)opportunity and personality

Question 9

Physical abuse by male partners is strongly associated with separations initiated by:

A)male partners
B)both partners
C)female partners
D)in-laws

Question 10

Compared with research on separation as an outcome descriptions of the process of separating are:

A)much more common
B)written by women
C)written by men
D)relatively rare