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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Stepparents."”.
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“Are we in or out?” Inclusion of stepparents within a co-parenting system: A 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 are the lived experiences of …
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An exploratory study on the psychosocial experiences of young adults raised by stepparents in the Capricorn District, Limpopo
Children raised by stepparents face unique psychosocial development and mental health challenges stemming from the complexities of blended family dynamics. This study delved into these issues, particularly focusing on the context of the Capricorn District. Employing Family Systems Theory and …
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Reformulating familiar concerns : parents in stepfamilies
… 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 …
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Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
… between siblings, biological parents, and stepparents will all collectively impact the development of the caregiver-child relationship and subsequently their reports of attachment anxiety and avoidance. Thus, the purpose of this study is to (a) explore how parent-child relationship quality …
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Family adaptability and cohesion in remarried families
… not true when adolescents were present. Also, stepparents with no natural children scored higher in adaptability than parents with natural-born children. Remarried family satisfaction was positively correlated with adaptability but negatively correlated with cohesion. Also, family adaptability …
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How Parenting Stress and Discouragement Impact Functioning Within Stepfamilies
… and decreased family functioning found in stepparents than biological parents, in stepmothers more than stepfathers, and in parents in families formed less than two years more than those in families formed more than two years. Complete data was collected from 30 subjects. Three instruments …
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Stepping up, stepping back, being pushed, and stepping away : the process of making treatment decisions for children with cancer by parents who no longer live together
… lived together. Fifteen biological parents and stepparents of eight children with cancer who had made a major treatment decision in the past were interviewed. Using grounded theory techniques, the process of stepping up, stepping back, being pushed, and stepping away in making treatment …
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Family cohesion in remarried families
… remarried families. The results indicated that stepparents and natural parents' perceptions of cohesion did not differ significantly. The results confirmed that cohesion levels of remarried families with adolescents were lower than the cohesion levels of other remarried families in this study. …
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The lived experiences of resilience among Namibian children in middle childhood who have been exposed to parental divorce
… dynamic and resultant impact of siblings and stepparents on children’s capacity for resilience
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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
… but research suggests that compared to other stepparents, stepmothers without their own children have the most difficult task. This preliminary study describes the difficulties of the stepmother by comparing two groups of stepmothers; those who have no experience of their own children, with …
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Pola relasi anak dengan ibu tiri dan implikasinya terhadap upaya mewujudkan keluarga sakinah: Studi di Kelurahan Dampit Kabupaten Malang
… of a conscious effort of the important role as stepparents, and the implication in which the children are able to love their stepmother as the stepmother loves them or in another word a child loves the stepmother same as he loves his biological mother, and vice versa a stepmother should have to …