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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Stepfamily"”.
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Stepfamily assessment and intervention
… research to be associated with adjustment within stepfamily relationship systems. This thesis also presents research that firstly, examines a method of assessing stepfamily adjustment and secondly, evaluates the effectiveness of a program designed to improve stepfamily adjustment for couples.
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Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
Research exploring 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 …
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Narratives of mothers in stepfamily situations: an exploratory investigation
This project explores the topography of stepfamily relationships through the prism of the mother, a view as yet rarely explored. Recorded interviews of eleven mothers were examined using narrative, phenomenological, grounded theory methods, within a Gestalt theoretical framework and refined into …
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Dyadic coping, daily marital tension, and overall marital adjustment in stepfamily couples
… between marital outcomes and daily coping in stepfamily couples. Two types of marital outcomes were examined: overall marital adjustment and daily marital tension. Specifically, it was hypothesized that respondent and spouse coping would each explain unique variance in marital adjustment and …
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Psychotherapy with an adolescent girl in a mixed-race stepfamily in post-apartheid South Africa
… explored issues brought to therapy by a biracial stepfamily in post-apartheid South Africa. Since this is likely to become a more common family type, the thesis examined the literature on biracial stepfamilies , so as to reflect on the therapy and determine whether race and cultural differences …
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A Study of the Internal Family Systems Model Applied to Remarried Couples of Stepfamilies in Different Stages of Adjustment
… of the partners of remarried couples active in stepfamily interaction and to determine how this IFS Map enhanced or detracted from stepfamily development.</p> <p>Method. A combined qualitative and quantitative study was designed. The Stepfamily Adjustment Scale, developed by Dr. Margaret …
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"An Outsider in my Own Home": Women's Perceptions of the Markers of Attachment Injury in Stepcouple Relationships
… these experiences are directly attributable to stepfamily formation and maintenance. Attachment theory and existing research regarding both attachment injury and stepfamily formation contributed to the development of core interview questions. Using a multiple-case qualitative research design, …
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An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction in Stepfamilies Toward an Integration of Three Conceptual Models of Relationship Satisfaction
… first marriages than remarriages. Although the stepfamily is a dominant and unique family type, it lacks its own theoretical framework from which to investigate factors that contribute to marital satisfaction and stepfamily success.</p> <p>Method. This study evaluated marital satisfaction in …
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An Exploratory Investigation of Adults’ and Children’s Perceptions of their Experiences Living in a Stepmother Family
… predominantly within the initial stages of stepfamily formation; and those that occurred at times throughout the stages of stepfamily development. Common themes included participants’ difficulties adjusting to the changes that living in a stepfamily presented, challenges associated with the …
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An exploratory study on the psychosocial experiences of young adults raised by stepparents in the Capricorn District, Limpopo
… research sought to unravel the intricacies of stepfamily dynamics. In exploring the psychosocial development and mental health challenges of young adults raised by stepparents, a phenomenological research design was employed to delve into the lived experiences of participants and understand …
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Experiences of growing up as a stepchild for young adults at university level: a qualitative approach
… and recommendations were made for functional stepfamily relationships and environment.
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The development and field testing of an instrument to measure middle school counselors' knowledge of stepchildren
… structures and to help a stepchild adjust to stepfamily living. This study assessed the need for training and education of Virginia middle school counselors regarding their knowledge about counseling stepchildren. This was done by measuring their level of knowledge through the development and …
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How Parenting Stress and Discouragement Impact Functioning Within Stepfamilies
… 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 assumption made was …
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Reformulating familiar concerns : parents in stepfamilies
… 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 …
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Confluences
… presented here include: a history of family and stepfamily; addiction and mental illness as they are passed down from woman to woman; the judgment of ex-partners and friends; self-doubt, sabotage, and redemption; weather and natural disasters; and, of course, places lived. In my time writing, I …
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The Effects of Family Type Upon Self-Esteem in Adolescent Males
… how long these adolescents have been living in a stepfamily or mother-only family. Procedure. The sample consisted of 121 ma1e adolescents from intact families, 37 male adolescents from stepfather families and 59 male adolescents in mother-only families. Two instruments were used: (a) the …
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A content analysis of eleven scholarly journals: What has been written about adolescents' interpersonal relationship in stepfamilies
… in stepfamilies and the processes of healthy stepfamily development. A discussion of results was presented, and implications and recommendations for future studies were given.
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The difficulties of stepmotherhood : a comparison between stepmothers who have no children of their own and stepmothers who have their own children
… tests were conducted. Findings suggest that stepfamily functioning in the situation where the stepmother has no children of her own is different and less healthy from that in the family where the stepmother has children of her own. These results are largely consistent with the literature, but …
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Black Lesbian Families and Their Relationships With Their Families of Origin
Twenty-two African American lesbians were interviewed in order to identify and examine the intersection of individual and family processes that African American lesbian couples engage in as a family with members of their families of origin. A qualitative research design based on grounded theory …