Exploratory Study on the Factors Affecting Marital Satisfaction among Remarried Korean Couples

Kim, Hyosoon

doi:10.1606/1044-3894.3977

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“…Furthermore, the gender of the stepparent and stepchild also differentially impacts the kind of parent–child relationship forged (Amato, 1987; Dunn, 2002; Gosselin & Gosselin, 2016; Manning & Lamb, 2003; Schmeeckle, 2007). Role ambiguity, role conflict, and ambiguities around family boundaries found amongst stepfamilies in the West are therefore similarly experienced in Asia but differentially contribute to poorer marital satisfaction amongst re-partnered couples (Kim, 2010). The presence of extended kin, such as grandparents, a defining feature of Asian families (Raymo et al, 2015), while providing social support resources to mitigate the impact of separation, divorce, and remarriage for children (Tai et al 2008) were also known to add stress to spousal and (step)parent–(step)child relationships in the current union (Lam-Chan, 1999; Nozawa, 2015; Webber, 2003).…”

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“…Attention to remarriage and stepfamily formation in Asian societies has been sporadic and limited to specific contexts such as East Asia (see Hu & To, 2018; Kim, 2010; Lam-Chan, 1999; Nozawa, 2015; Tai, Wan et al, 2008; Webber, 2003) attributed to the invisibility of and stigma against family structures that are not first marriage, nuclear family units in Asian societies (Neo, 2006; Nozawa, 2015; Webber, 2003). Constructions of moral panic around non-biological relationships within stepfamilies have prompted from time to time alarmist reports of abuse that relegate such family units as problems or deficits with a less than ideal milieu for raising children from previous unions (Eng et al, 2017).…”

Section: Comparative Themes: Lessons From the Westmentioning

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Old Bonds, New Ties: Contextualizing Family Transitions in Re-partnerships, Remarriage and Stepfamilies in Asia

Balachandran

Yeung

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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The continued emphasis on a decontextualized nuclear family in Asia has often obscured experiences of re-partnered individuals and stepfamilies, wherein transitions including couple dissolution and remarriage or cohabitation have had particular implications for family well-being and social mobility. The eight papers in this special issue expand scholarship beyond acknowledging the increasing prevalence of re-partnership and stepfamilies seeking to facilitate cross-cultural comparisons within the region, and between Asia and the West where notable advancements have been made in theorising diverse family processes. The pertinence of extended family ties and the cultural pressures of collectivism advance shared perspectives of re-partnership and stepfamily formation across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. At the same time, drawing from quantitative and qualitative methodologies, these papers direct attention to the heterogeneity in re-partnership pathways where broader social categories such as class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion and historicity differentially intersect across national and socio-political contexts.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Comparative Themes: Lessons From the Westmentioning

confidence: 99%

Old Bonds, New Ties: Contextualizing Family Transitions in Re-partnerships, Remarriage and Stepfamilies in Asia

Balachandran

Yeung

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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“…(In individual therapy, role playing is often part of helping clients to internalize new skills.) Across many cultures (Kim, 2010;Nozawa, 2015;Papernow, 2013Papernow, , 2015aPapernow, , 2016dWebber, 2003), the constant, often unexpected, misunderstandings, mis-attunements, and dysregulating surprises of stepfamily life can be divisive and dysregulating. Family scholars are finding that successful stepfamilies face the same challenges as struggling stepfamilies.…”

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Clinical Guidelines for Working With Stepfamilies: What Family, Couple, Individual, and Child Therapists Need to Know

Papernow¹

2017

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This article draws on four decades of research and clinical practice to delineate guidelines for evidence-informed, clinically sound work with stepfamilies for couple, family, individual adult, and child therapists. Few clinicians receive adequate training in working with the intense and often complex dynamics created by stepfamily structure and history. This is despite the fact that stepfamilies are a fundamentally different family form that occurs world-wide. As a result many clinicians rely on their training in first-time family models. This is not only often unhelpful, but all too often inadvertently destructive. The article integrates a large body of increasingly sophisticated research about stepfamilies with the author's four decades of clinical practice with stepfamily relationships. It describes the ways in which stepfamilies are different from first-time families. It delineates the dynamics of five major challenges stepfamily structure creates: (1) Insider/outsider positions are intense and they are fixed. (2) Children struggle with losses, loyalty binds, and change. (3) Issues of parenting, stepparenting, and discipline often divide the couple. (4) Stepcouples must build a new family culture while navigating previously established family cultures. (5) Ex-spouses (other parents outside the household) are part of the family. Some available data are shared on the impact of cultural and legal differences on these challenges. A three-level model of clinical intervention is presented: Psychoeducational, Interpersonal, and Intrapsychic/Intergenerational Family-of-Origin. The article describes some "easy wrong turns" for well-meaning therapists and lists some general clinical guidelines for working with stepfamily relationships.

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“…Although other western nations have been less committed to remarriage than Americans, remarried and cohabiting stepfamilies exist in some form in nearly every country in the world (e.g., De Jong Gierveld & Merz, ; Nicholson, Fergusson, & Horwood, ). Even Asian countries with historically low rates of divorce are experiencing increases in remarriage and stepfamily formation (Kim, ; Nozawa, ).…”

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Studying Stepfamilies: Four Eras of Family Scholarship

Ganong

Coleman

2017

Family Process

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Historically, there have always been stepfamilies, but until the early 1970s, they remained largely unnoticed by social scientists. Research interest in stepfamilies followed shortly after divorce became the primary precursor to stepfamily formation. Because stepfamilies are structurally diverse and much more complex than nuclear families, they have created considerable challenges for both researchers and clinicians. This article examines four eras of stepfamily scholarship, tracing the development of research questions, study designs and methods, and conceptual frameworks from the mid-1970s to the present and drawing implications for the current state of the field.

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Exploratory Study on the Factors Affecting Marital Satisfaction among Remarried Korean Couples

Cited by 15 publications

References 51 publications

Old Bonds, New Ties: Contextualizing Family Transitions in Re-partnerships, Remarriage and Stepfamilies in Asia

Old Bonds, New Ties: Contextualizing Family Transitions in Re-partnerships, Remarriage and Stepfamilies in Asia

Clinical Guidelines for Working With Stepfamilies: What Family, Couple, Individual, and Child Therapists Need to Know

Studying Stepfamilies: Four Eras of Family Scholarship

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