APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
With or Without You? Loss of Self After Marital Separation
- Atina Manvelian
The University of Arizona - Kyle Bourassa
University of Arizona - Mehl Matthias
University of Arizona - Erika Lawrence
The Family Institute at Northwestern University - David Sbarra
The University of Arizona
Abstract
In this multi-method longitudinal investigation of divorcing adults, greater levels of self-reported and judge-rated loss of self were associated with worse psychological distress. Participants who spontaneously differentiated their identities from their former partner’s identity reported smaller declines in loss of self three months later and less distress after five months.
Self
