Just when I thought the eHarmony Parenting blog is dead–their last update was last October 1–they publish this great article a few days ago.
Adventures in Post-Divorce Dating
By Heather Setrakian, MA, dated 30 April 2008
While writing an article for eHarmony Parenting, I started to research dating for divorced parents. But while several studies have been done on remarriage, step-parenting and the general effects of divorce on family, very few exist for dating while divorced. There was a popular study pushed to great media fanfare on the horrible legacy of divorce (for a wonderful commentary on how flawed research and the media produce somewhat dangerous results, click here) but only recently have researchers looked into post-divorce dating.
When do adults typically get “back out there”?
Anderson and colleagues (2004) sampled participants who had filed for divorce less than sixty days and one year from the interview. They found that one year after the divorce had been filed, 34% of their sample had reported being in a serious relationship (compared to 21% for those less than sixty days post-filing). By one year post-filing, participants reported dating on average two new partners, with the majority of the relationships being casual in nature.
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