An examination of emotional separation within marriages that remain legally intact.
What the study examines
Emotional divorce describes a marriage in which the legal bond remains but the emotional one has ended. Partners continue to share a household while withdrawing from one another in conversation, affection and decision-making.
Signs
The patterns of withdrawal that precede and accompany emotional separation.
Effects on children
How the emotional climate of a household shapes the children living within it.
Paths forward
What helps couples re-establish connection, and how families adapt where they cannot.
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