Word: gerstell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other goals, but not one endorsed enthusiastically." The typical commuter, researchers say, is very serious about marriage, feels guilty about separations and lives under fairly heavy stress. Those who fare best have been married seven years or more and have either no children or grown children. Sociologist Naomi Gerstel of the University of Massachusetts found that commuters who live apart a month or more at a stretch "were much more likely to find the situation extraordinarily stressful. They began to develop 'separate worlds,' or their marriages began to resemble non-marriages...
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