THE influence of remarriage after divorce on psychological well-being and readjustment to marriage and parenting is examined using data from a national cross-sectional survey. After an initial stage of conventional contingency table analysis, multivariate analysis controlling for sex, education, and length of current marriage is conducted to determine whether remarriage exerts an influence on adjustment net of these contemporary circumstances. Although differences between remarried and first-married individuals are found with respect to past distress and feelings of family role inadequacy, the remarried appear similar to first-marrieds in most aspects of current well-being and marital and parental role adjustment. It is concluded that the remarried have mastered the crisis of divorce and have developed a viable pattern of affective and role functioning.
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