MAIN APPROACHES TO MARITAL DISSOLUTION

Year 2005, Volume: 7 Issue: 13, 161 - 170, 01.05.2005

Sevinç Çırak Karadağ

Abstract

MAIN APPROACHES TO MARITAL DISSOLUTION

Abstract

This study aims at presenting a summary of fundamental approaches to marital dissolution and a brief survey of literature related to these approaches. As it is beyond the scope of this study to cover all aspects of literature in this area, this review is focused on the two main approaches. In section 2, interpersonality based approach is presented followed by a discussion of the intrapersonality approach in marital stability section 3 . The section 4 is the conclusion of the current study

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