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Journal articles on the topic "Stepfamilies"

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Coleman, Marilyn, and Lawrence H. Ganong. "Stepfamilies from the Stepfamily's Perspective." Marriage & Family Review 26, no. 1-2 (December 9, 1997): 107–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j002v26n01_07.

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Mandell, Deena, and Esther Birenzweig. "Stepfamilies:." Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 14, no. 1 (October 19, 1990): 29–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j087v14n01_04.

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Everett,, Lou. "Stepfamilies." Nurse Educator 20, no. 6 (November 1995): 29–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006223-199511000-00011.

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Barnes, Gill Gorell. "Stepfamilies." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 4, no. 1 (January 1998): 10–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.4.1.10.

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Family life in Britain is changing daily to include more stepfamilies, which have widely differing structures with varying histories, losses, transitions and economic circumstances. Of the one in five children who currently experience separation before they are 16, over half will live in a stepfamily at some point in their lives. Of the 150 000 couples with children who divorced each year at the end of the 1980s, a further 35 000 had a subsequent divorce. For some children we need to think of step-parenting within wider processes of transition, which include relationship changes of many kinds. The National Stepfamily Association have calculated that if current trends of divorce, cohabitation, remarriage and birth continue, there will be around 2.5 million children and young adults growing up in a stepfamily by the year 2000. The true pattern of re-ordering of partnership and family life is hard to chart, since many couples second or third time around prefer to cohabit rather than to marry.
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Guzzo, Karen Benjamin. "Shifts in Higher-Order Unions and Stepfamilies Among Currently Cohabiting and Married Women of Childbearing Age." Journal of Family Issues 38, no. 12 (August 13, 2016): 1775–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x16664180.

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Shifts in union formation and childbearing have undoubtedly altered the prevalence and structure of higher-order unions and stepfamilies, but no study has examined trends over time. Comparing the 1988 and 2011-2013 cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth, I produce estimates of repartnering and stepfamily formation among currently partnered women aged 15 to 44 years. The percentage of intact unions that are remarriages stayed stable (around 27% to 28%), but a growing proportion of currently married and cohabiting women had another cohabiting partner in the past. The percentage of intact unions that are stepfamilies increased from 24% to 31%, with an increase in cohabiting stepfamilies from 19% to 39% of all stepfamilies. Furthermore, while the majority of remarriages are stepfamilies, the majority of women’s stepfamilies are no longer remarriages due to union formation among never-married parents. Cohabiting (but not marital) stepfamilies also exhibited changes in which partner had children and in shared childbearing.
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Stewart, Susan D., and Elcy E. Timothy. "Stepfamily Policies and Laws in the United States: Lessons from the West." Journal of Family Issues 41, no. 7 (May 13, 2020): 891–912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x20918429.

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Although stepfamilies exist in some form in nearly every country in the world, they are most common in Western countries. This paper provides a summary of laws, policies, and programs pertaining to stepfamilies in a selection of Western countries, with a special focus on the United States. Although stepfamilies have been prevalent throughout the West for decades, they remain “incompletely institutionalized,” and governments have been slow to address their needs and concerns. There is large variation across Western countries with respect to how stepfamilies are treated under the law, with some countries employing more liberal definitions of “parents,” “children,” and “families,” than others. In contrast, stepfamilies in the United States must contend with a complex and conflicting set of federal laws, state laws, and court precedents. Their legal status is uncertain and the way stepfamilies are treated is inconsistent across social programs and policies. Overall, there is clear bias against stepfamilies within most U.S. institutions. The review includes recommendations for change that would enhance stepfamily stability and quality of life in both Western and non-Western contexts.
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White, Lynn, and William R. Beer. "American Stepfamilies." Social Forces 71, no. 4 (June 1993): 1098. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2580145.

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Pasley, Kay, and William R. Beer. "American Stepfamilies." Family Relations 42, no. 1 (January 1993): 110. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/584938.

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Hall, Kelley J., and Gay C. Kitson. "Lesbian Stepfamilies." Journal of Lesbian Studies 4, no. 3 (September 2000): 31–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j155v04n03_02.

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Webber, Ruth. "Making Stepfamilies Work: Step-relationships in Singaporean Stepfamilies." Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 13, no. 2 (December 2003): 90–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650993.2003.9755930.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Stepfamilies"

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Cook, Robert S. "Counselor bias against stepfamilies." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1027107.

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Stepfamilies are the fastest growing family type in America. Unfortunately, our society holds unwarranted negative attitudes about and negative stereotypes of stepfamilies and stepfamily members. Research indicates that stepfamilies are not an inherently dysfunctional or deficient type of family. On the contrary, stepfamilies can be as healthy as nuclear families, and they can produce emotionally healthy individuals. Healthy stepfamilies, however, are often different in the roles of family members and the quality of interactions between members. It is this difference between stepfamily functioning and the normative nuclear family expectations of society that appears to perpetuate negative stereotypes of stepfamilies.Some evidence suggests that counselors hold negative stereotypes of stepfamilies. As s-:ich it is likely that they will diagnose and treat stepfamilies from an inappropriate nuclear family model, perceiving stepfamilies to be more pathological than they are and, in treatment, attempting to fit stepfamilies into roles and relationships inappropriate for healthy stepfamily functioning. No research to date, however, has examined whether counselors' attitudes about stepfamilies affect diagnostic and treatment decisions.This dissertation conducted a national survey of counselor attitudes about stepfamilies. It examined three areas where counselor bias may affect service delivery: judgments regarding stepfamily health, diagnostic decisions, and treatment decisions. It found that counselors appear to generate differential ratings of family health and differential diagnostic impressions on the basis of family interaction style (healthy nuclear family versus healthy stepfamily) and on the basis of family label (nuclear family versus stepfamily). These differential ratings and impressions favor a nuclear family style combined with a nuclear family label in comparison to other family style and label combinations. Additionally, the Parent-Child relationships in a nuclear family that acts like a healthy stepfamily were rated to be more in need of treatment and more important to treatment than in other family styles.The results of this study suggest that experienced counseling psychologists may express bias against stepfamilies and against nuclear families that function outside a traditional nuclear model. They appear to use the traditional nuclear family as a standard against which other family interaction styles and types are found lacking.
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Bruce, Vanessa Leigh. "Couple Outcomes in Stepfamilies." Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367677.

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Stepfamilies are an increasingly common family structure which has been associated with unique challenges for couples early in their relationships. Previous research has shown that both children and couples within stepfamilies have poorer outcomes than those in first marriage (intact) families and that couples within stepfamilies break-up at much higher rates than couples in first marriage families. The present research consists of two studies that aimed to investigate these differential outcomes for stepfamily couples by examining the longitudinal relationship between a range of both couple and stepfamily specific variables and relationship satisfaction and stability. The broad aims of the research were to compare the relative contribution of general couple factors that have been found to be associated with relationship outcomes for first married couples as opposed to factors that are specific to stepfamilies.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD ClinPsych)
School of Psychology
Griffith Health
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Decker, Lori. "Stepfamilies in therapy is there a difference? /." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998deckerl.pdf.

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Johnson, Deanna L. "Stepfamily development education : what do stepfamilies need to succeed? /." Steps of Success: An Online Stepfamily Support Site, 2005. http://www.stepsofsuccess.org/.

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Phillips, Maddie Elizabeth, and n/a. "Prediction of Couple Outcomes in Stepfamilies." Griffith University. School of Psychology, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070713.140903.

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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to identify the extent to which couple and stepfamily variables were associated with couple relationship adjustment and stability in stepfamily couples. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 consisted of 63 stepfamily couples who were in a committed relationship (married or cohabiting) and who had earlier taken part in an intervention program. It was hypothesised that positive couple relationship outcomes could be predicted by low couple aggression, high couple negativity, low couple withdrawal, high parenting disagreement, and high dysfunctional parenting over a 5-year period. The results did not support the hypotheses possibly due to low power in the design. In Study 2, 122 stepfamily couples who been living together (married or cohabiting) as a stepfamily were assessed on couple and stepfamily factors, and these were tested for their association with couple relationship adjustment and stability, using both self-report questionnaires and interview data. As predicted, stepfamily factors accounted for variance in couple stability above that accounted for by couple factors. Furthermore, stepfamily factors were associated with couple stability independent of couple adjustment. The influence of stepfamily couple relationship adjustment and stability seem distinctive from first-marriage couples. It was concluded that stepfamily relationship education programs for stepfamilies should address the unique needs of stepfamilies such as parenting education for inexperienced stepparents, the development of positive stepparent-stepchild relationships, and the building of stepfamily cohesion.
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Flowerdew, Jennifer. "Reformulating familiar concerns : parents in stepfamilies." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/211/.

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Stepfamilies are culturally significant in Britain on account of their media and mythical profile. Through increased rates in separation, divorce and repartnering they have also become increasingly socially significant. Yet this significance is only partially reflected in the research literature. Public versions of stepfamily life have tended to construct the ties of stepkinship in terms of fragility and contingency, assuming they cannot be counted upon in ways that arise 'naturally' through ties of blood. By talking directly to parents in stepfamilies this project seeks to understand how they themselves understand these issues. The research question is: how do parents reformulate their family relationships in the light of separation, divorce and repartnering, and what implications does this have for their handling of contact and inheritance? Central to its concerns are parents' understandings of the qualitative differences in their relationships with their biological and stepchildren, and how these differences maybe accounted for. The study used qualitative research methods and was based on semi-structured interviews with thirty parents living in married and cohabiting couple stepfamilies. Respondents were chosen using theoretical sampling methods. The aim was to select a sample with a range of characteristics and experiences which would enable key comparisons to be made about how stepfwnily life 'works' under different social conditions. Although interviews focussed specifically on issues of 'contact' and inheritance, respondents were also able to discuss issues of most importance to them. Analysis showed clearly that ties and solidarities between stepparents and stepchildren can be strong and enduring. Concerns were expressed by almost all stepparents that their stepchildren and biological children should be treated equally - whether this be on a day-to-day basis or in more lasting terms of inheritance. It also emerged that the experience of growing up as a stepchild provided a useful resource for those who, as adults, themselves moved into the role of stepparent.
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Phillips, Maddie Elizabeth. "Prediction of Couple Outcomes in Stepfamilies." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367189.

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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to identify the extent to which couple and stepfamily variables were associated with couple relationship adjustment and stability in stepfamily couples. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 consisted of 63 stepfamily couples who were in a committed relationship (married or cohabiting) and who had earlier taken part in an intervention program. It was hypothesised that positive couple relationship outcomes could be predicted by low couple aggression, high couple negativity, low couple withdrawal, high parenting disagreement, and high dysfunctional parenting over a 5-year period. The results did not support the hypotheses possibly due to low power in the design. In Study 2, 122 stepfamily couples who been living together (married or cohabiting) as a stepfamily were assessed on couple and stepfamily factors, and these were tested for their association with couple relationship adjustment and stability, using both self-report questionnaires and interview data. As predicted, stepfamily factors accounted for variance in couple stability above that accounted for by couple factors. Furthermore, stepfamily factors were associated with couple stability independent of couple adjustment. The influence of stepfamily couple relationship adjustment and stability seem distinctive from first-marriage couples. It was concluded that stepfamily relationship education programs for stepfamilies should address the unique needs of stepfamilies such as parenting education for inexperienced stepparents, the development of positive stepparent-stepchild relationships, and the building of stepfamily cohesion.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Psychology
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Ploog, John F. "A plan to help stepfamilies within a local church deal with problems common to stepfamily living." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Rew, Meera. "Family centred social work practice with stepfamilies." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ62833.pdf.

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Zwicker, Amy Elizabeth. "Understanding divorce in the context of stepfamilies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44701.

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Although the divorce rate in first-marriages has stabilized after years of increase in North America, the divorce rate of remarriages continues to increase. It has been suggested that increased divorce rates in remarriages may be attributable to higher levels of conflict in stepfamilies (e.g., Hobart, 1991). Drawing from family systems theory and contextual models of divorce, this study tested the hypotheses that tension levels in stepfamily dyads will predict divorce above and beyond the effects of marital quality alone and that increasing emotional and marital distress will be mechanisms through which the stepfamily system affects marital stability. Data were collected from 112 couples who were followed for 20 years. Logistic regression analyses tested main and interaction effects of marital quality and (step)parent-child tension levels on divorce probability. Depression and marital quality were also tested as mediators and moderators of the effects of stepfamily relationship quality on divorce. Results confirmed that marital quality is an important predictor of divorce in stepfamilies, as it is in first-marriages. However, results also revealed that stepparent-child tension moderates the effect of marital quality on divorce. Depression mediated the effects of marital quality on divorce for wives, but not husbands. The importance of using a contextual approach for stepfamily research and clinical interventions is discussed.
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Books on the topic "Stepfamilies"

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. Stepfamilies. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671.

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Sanders, Pete. Stepfamilies. Brookfield, Conn: Copper Beech Books, 1995.

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Bailey, Marilyn. Stepfamilies. New York: Crestwood House, 1990.

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Cooper, JoAnn. Stepfamilies. Warminster, PA: Mar*co Products, 1993.

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Grunsell, Angela. Stepfamilies. London: Gloucester Press, 1990.

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Ochiltree, Gay. Stepfamilies. Watson, A.C.T: Australian Early Childhood Association, 1987.

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Sanders, Pete. Stepfamilies. London: Gloucester Press, 1995.

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ill, Judkis Jim, ed. Stepfamilies. New York: Puffin Books, 2001.

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ill, Judkis Jim, ed. Stepfamilies. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.

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Beer, William R. American stepfamilies. New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A: Transaction Publishers, 1992.

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Book chapters on the topic "Stepfamilies"

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Barnes, Gill Gorell. "Stepfamilies." In Family Therapy in Changing Times, 107–24. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14011-4_6.

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Cox, Michelle. "Stepfamilies." In Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development, 1439–40. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2792.

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Alenezi, Mona. "Stepfamilies." In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1157-1.

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Alenezi, Mona. "Stepfamilies." In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7957–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_1157.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Introduction." In Stepfamilies, 1–13. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_1.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Analysing Stepfamilies." In Stepfamilies, 14–39. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_2.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Case Illustrations." In Stepfamilies, 40–64. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_3.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Family Boundaries." In Stepfamilies, 65–84. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_4.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Stepmothering Stepchildren." In Stepfamilies, 85–117. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_5.

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Allan, Graham, Graham Crow, and Sheila Hawker. "Stepfathering Stepchildren." In Stepfamilies, 118–38. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230308671_6.

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Reports on the topic "Stepfamilies"

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Carlson, Lisa. Stepfamilies in First Marriages. National Center for Family and Marriage Research, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-20-28.

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Kreyenfeld, Michaela R., and Valerie Martin. Economic conditions of stepfamilies from a cross-national perspective. Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, June 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/mpidr-wp-2011-010.

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Guzzo, Karen. Variation in Stepfamilies Among Currently Cohabiting Men and Women Under 50. National Center for Family and Marriage Research, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-21-22.

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Guzzo, Karen. Stepfamilies Among Currently Cohabiting and Married Women Under 45, 1988 and 2017. National Center for Family and Marriage Research, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-21-21.

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