Communication in Stepfamilies

Afifi, Tamara D.

doi:10.1002/9781118269923.ch13

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“…Both children and adults in stepfamilies sometimes report “feeling caught” between other family members, such as the stepparent or stepchild turning to the biological parent to resolve problems rather than communicating with one another directly (Golish, 2003). A number of studies further document difficulties that can result when coalitions are formed by two stepfamily members against another (Afifi, 2008; Baxter, Braithwaite, & Bryant, 2006). Family relationships and expectations may be particularly complex and variable when stepparent obligations span multiple households (e.g., Weaver & Coleman, 2005).…”

Section: Stepfamily Relationships and Processesmentioning

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Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century

Sweeney

2010

J of Marriage and Family

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Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st CenturyThis article reviews areas of advancement over the past decade in our understanding of remarriage and stepfamilies and suggests promising new directions for future work. Profound shifts in the demographic context of family life motivate central themes in recent scholarship on remarriage and stepfamilies, including the diversity and complexity of stepfamily structures and processes, the consequences of multiple partnerships for adults and children, and potential selectivity in the characteristics of individuals entering remarried families and stepfamilies. Despite challenges to further progress, I argue that remarriage and stepfamilies offer strategic opportunities to investigate many core concerns of family scholars.Changing patterns of partnership and parenthood have fundamentally reshaped families in the United States and many other industrialized countries in recent decades, leading a number of scholars to argue that the role of personal choice in family life has expanded over time (e.g., Modell, 1989;Rindfuss, 1991). Contemporary marriages are less likely to end with the death

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Section: Stepfamily Relationships and Processesmentioning

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Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century

Sweeney

2010

J of Marriage and Family

418

456

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Stepparents and Blended Families

Andrade

Eeden‐Moorefield

2020

The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

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The study of stepfamilies includes a rich history of research spanning decades. Although less attention has been paid to young children, there are a few findings that we have confidence in: interparental conflict between ex‐partners has the most potential to harm children well into adulthood, stepparenting is a lot more difficult than parenting as a biological parent and should develop slowly over time, and having all parents involved generally is related to much better outcomes for children over their life course. Ideally, a cooperative parenting alliance is established over time between all parents and stepparents.

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Remarriage and Stepfamily Life

Eeden‐Moorefield

Pasley

2013

Handbook of Marriage and the Family

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Communication in Stepfamilies

Cited by 18 publications

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Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century

Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century

Stepparents and Blended Families

Remarriage and Stepfamily Life

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