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Forced marriage, divorce, and the ecology of marital self-determination: findings from research with Orthodox Jews in New York

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: • Research with Orthodox (Charedi) Jews illustrates barriers to divorce as a type of forced marriage • These barriers span the ecological model, from the intrapsychic to policy and history levels • Constrained access to divorce is not captured by current global or US forced marriage definitions.

Source: SSM - Mental Health

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100584

Authors: Jennifer S. Hirsch, Gloria Fortuna, Jessie V. Ford, Alicia Jen, Jessica L. Weissman, Aarushi H. Shah, Fraidy Reiss

Institution: Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Marriage and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,540

Funders: Valentine Perry Snyder Fund, New York Community Trust, Jewish Women's Foundation of New York, Open Square Foundation, Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics, National Institutes of Health, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: G4185777352, G478083349, G5961928098, GSH Training Grant, Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault among Bisexual Women: Disentangling Mechanisms of Risk at Individual, Interpersonal, and Structural Levels Across the Lifespan

OpenAlex ID: W7116404208

FWCI: 1.796

Cites: 13

Cited by: 1

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