"5 Common Reasons for Divorce" by Jennifer Chang on simpledivorceadvice.com lists:
- Infidelity
- Growing Apart
- Abuse
- Finances
- Sex
But it recharacterizes them as "really the end process of a marriage in trouble." It says "In the United States Infidelity is the cause for a third of divorces", which works out to be the most common reason for divorce. That is the only item in the article that looks like it is based on any hard evidence. There are many other claims about the real reasons behind the above reasons, but with no citations or descriptions of sources it is impossible to tell whether any of it is based on evidence, or is just conventional wisdom, urban myths, etc.
"Understanding the Top Reasons for Divorce", by simpledivorceadvice.com (no byline), is a decently commonsensical breakdown of nine common reasons for divorce, although it does not claim to be based on anything scientific or authoritative. There are many equally accurate ways to describe the causes of many divorces. Unlike in other areas of the law, it can be hard or impossible to look at the chain of causes and effects and identify which is the "proximate cause". There are more immediate, and more fundamental, causes, and ultimately the reasons behind why some choose divorce, and why some behave in ways that provoke divorce, are "because they can." The Nine Reasons are:
- Damaging Communication,
- Financial Difficulties,
- Infidelity
- Abuse mental and physical
- Addiction of all kinds
- Unmet Expectations
- Commitment Issues
- Change in Goals
- Stepfamily Breakdown
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