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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Stepfamilies"”.
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Reformulating familiar concerns : parents in stepfamilies
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. …
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Father Involvement in Intact Families and Stepfamilies
Father involvement was examined multidimensionally using fathers' and children's reports. A total of 61 fathers and 143 children (intact families and stepfather families) from the Avon Brothers and Sisters Study (ABSS) participated in the current study. Measures of father involvement including …
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How Parenting Stress and Discouragement Impact Functioning Within Stepfamilies
The study analyzed how parenting stress and discouragement affect stepfamily functioning. Whether the parent was a biological parent or stepparent, whether the stepparent was a stepmother or stepfather, or whether the marriage had been formed more or less than two years was also considered. One …
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An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction in Stepfamilies Toward an Integration of Three Conceptual Models of Relationship Satisfaction
… This study evaluated marital satisfaction in stepfamilies in light of the contextual, problem-solving, and investment models of relationship satisfaction. A questionnaire developed to assess marital satisfaction in stepfamilies using variables from the three conceptual models with the Kansas …
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A Study of the Internal Family Systems Model Applied to Remarried Couples of Stepfamilies in Different Stages of Adjustment
<p>Problem. Stepfamilies are becoming the largest family type in the United States. This has significant implications for understanding the complications of remarriage and providing clinical interventions that support the adjustment process of stepfamilies. The Internal Family Systems Model, …
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A content analysis of eleven scholarly journals: What has been written about adolescents' interpersonal relationship in stepfamilies
… about adolescents interpersonal relationships in stepfamilies in eleven scholarly journals: Family Process, Family Relations, Journal of Marriage and Family, American Journal of Family Therapy, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Journal of Family Psychology, …
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The Effects of Family Structure and Family Process on the Psychological Well-Being of Children: From the Children's Point of View
… well-being disappeared. Only children from stepfamilies had significantly lower levels of psychological well-being than children from intact homes. Stepfamilies, however, are a very complex family form and this research could not account for the possible unique processes occurring within …
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Psychotherapy with an adolescent girl in a mixed-race stepfamily in post-apartheid South Africa
… the thesis examined the literature on biracial stepfamilies , so as to reflect on the therapy and determine whether race and cultural differences were the most important cause of family dysfunction. While race and culture emerged as an important stressor, pathology in the family system was found …
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Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
… the influence of parent-child relationships in stepfamilies has primarily focused on internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and academic outcomes. The purpose of this study is to build on previous research by exploring how parent-child relationship quality influences emerging adult reports …
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An Exploratory Investigation of Adults’ and Children’s Perceptions of their Experiences Living in a Stepmother Family
… for stepfamily systems and clinical work with stepfamilies are discussed along with future research directions.
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Stepmothering and Identity: A Synthetic Narrative-Discursive Analysis
In Britain in the twenty-first century stepfamilies are numerically common but difficult to define since they may cross household boundaries. This has meant that stepmother families, who are often non-residential, are rarely included in research and there is a very limited literature which …
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The Effects of Family Type Upon Self-Esteem in Adolescent Males
… males due to family type. Recommendations. Stepfamilies, father-absent families and intact families should be extensively studied to detect differences in family types. Also, specific aae groups of family types should he investigated to find if differences are found in the aqe qroup or …
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“Are we in or out?” Inclusion of stepparents within a co-parenting system: A phenomenological study
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to learn about the lived experiences of stepparents within a co-parenting system. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory was used to understand stepparent inclusion within a co-parenting system. One research question was developed for this study: What …
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Stepfamily assessment and intervention
This thesis presents a summary of the structural characteristics, contextual influences, cognitive processes, behavioural practices; and developmental factors shown by previous research to be associated with adjustment within stepfamily relationship systems. This thesis also presents research that …