@article{ref1,
title="University students' experiences of nonmarital breakups: A grounded theory",
journal="Journal of college student development",
year="2008",
author="Hebert, Sarah and Popadiuk, Natalee",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="1-14",
abstract="Prior nonmarital breakup research has been focused on negative outcomes, rarely examining the personal growth aspects of this experience. In this study, we used a qualitative grounded theory methodology to explore the changes that university students reported experiencing as a result of a heterosexual nonmarital breakup and how those changes arose. From the participant accounts, we constructed a grounded theoretical model that conceptualizes and explains change and personal growth following nonmarital breakups. In this model, we assert that students may experience stress-related growth after a breakup and we provide a framework for explaining these changes. Implications for counseling are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0897-5264",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}