Divorce Clusters News Today

Angeles. >> nice to see you, don. >> the gores are not alone with divorce. there are lots of divorce clusters in the country. it is a psychological -- is it a phenomenon here? >> social behavior can be contagious. one study showed it can be contagious in friendships two degrees away. if you get a divorce friends of your friends have a chance of getting divorce. the group norms change. to give you an example, not so long the "f" word was the worst thing you could say. now it is in american litera...

It was surprising enough when al and tipper gore announced their separation after 40 years of marriage. but this week this family photo got a little more bittersweet. the couples oldest daughter karina gore schiff, shown here on her wedding day in 1987, said shes sefr shes separating from her husband of 13 years. this comes after the daughter on the right filed for divorce last year. three marriages falling apart in the same family in such a short time. is timing a coincidence or can divorce rea...

Divorce clusters in the country. is it a phenomenon here? >> it is. social behavior can be contagious. one study showed it could be contagious through friendships, two degrees away. if you were to get a divorce, friends of friends who may not know about you but only hear about it, they could divide to get a divorce. group norms change. not so long ago the f word could be the worse thing you could say, and now its in american literature all the time. and the thing that is important that we should...