ISBN:
9781560245186
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (253 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Stepfamily Puzzle : Intergenerational Influences
DDC:
306.874
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Do stepfamilies experience greater levels of stressors than first families? Do they also experience more negative manifestations of stress? Find the latest research on these questions and more in this groundbreaking exploration of the complex factors and dynamics that make up stepfamilies. The Stepfamily Puzzle fills a gap in research that has not kept pace with the rapid growth of interest in this subject. It sets some of the pieces of the stepfamily puzzle into an intergenerational framework that includes the roles of grandparents, parent-child interactions, the struggles to define boundarie
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Stressors, Manifestations of Stress, and First-Family/Stepfamily Group Membership; Introduction; Previous Research; Methodology; Results; Conclusions and Recommendations; The Transition to Stepgrandparenthood; Stage 1: Accepting the Losses; Stage 2: Accepting the Adult-Child's Single Status; Stage 3: Accepting the Adult-Child's Entrance into a New Relationship; Stage 4: Establishing New Relationships Within the Stepfamily Context; Implications for Practice; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Grandparents: A Special Resource for Children in StepfamiliesMethod; Results; Discussion; Relationships with Former In-Laws: Normative Guidelines and Actual Behavior; Introduction; Methods; Findings; Conclusions; Differentiation from Ex-Spouses and Stepfamily Marital Intimacy; Methodology; Results; Discussion; The Presence of Children and Blended Family Marital Intimacy; Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; The Effects of Postdivorce Attachment on Coparenting Relationships; Method; Results; Discussion; An Exploratory Study of Stepsibling Subsystems; Method; Results; Discussion
Description / Table of Contents:
A Meta-Analytic Comparison of the Self-Esteem and Behavior Problems of Stepchildren to Children in Other Family StructuresSelf-Esteem; Behavioral Problems; Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Social Support Received by Children in Stepmother, Stepfather, and Intact Families; Method; Results; Discussion; Influences on the Quality of Stepfather-Adolescent Relationships: Views of Both Family Members; Introduction; A Role Theory Perspective; Hypothesis; Methods; Results; Discussion and Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
The Effects of Child Support Receipt and Payment on Stepfamily Satisfaction: An Exploratory StudyRelevant Literature; Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; What's Fair? Concepts of Financial Management in Stepfamily Households; Introduction; Pooling and Sharing; Equality, Need and Equity; Problematics of Financial Management in Stepfamily Households; Case Studies: Principles and Patterns of Household Management; Conclusions
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
