Factors Predictive of Boundary Ambiguity After Divorce

Peterson, David R.; Christensen, Donna Hendrickson

doi:10.1300/j087v37n03_02

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“…Peterson & Christensen (2002) suggested intense emotions about a situation also facilitate the development of BA. There was some evidence of this among the young men who were less physically or psychologically present, or both, especially when the intense emotion was anger.…”

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“…Finally, Peterson and Christensen (2002) suggested that BA may be associated with uncertain normative expectations. Their contention is that a lack of normative expectations regarding a situation or a role may create a greater sense of ambiguity for those in such situations or roles.…”

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“…Further, men’s lack of knowledge about medical processes associated with pregnancy, feelings of isolation, inability to engage in the reality of the pregnancy, and sense of being redundant may all contribute to a sense of isolation and the development of higher levels of BA during the prenatal period (Draper, 2003). BA may also arise out of the uncertain normative expectations, limited communication, intense emotions, and incompatible desires that may characterize the period of pregnancy for young parents (Peterson & Christensen, 2002). These various cognitive and emotional factors are portrayed in the lower half of Figure 1.…”

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An Exploration of Aspects of Boundary Ambiguity Among Young, Unmarried Fathers During the Prenatal Period

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2007

Family Relations

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This research represents an exploration of patterns of boundary ambiguity among poor, young, unmarried men and their reproductive partners. Interviews were conducted with men and their partners during the third trimester of pregnancy. Interviews focused on patterns of men's physical and psychological presence in relationships with their partners and in activities associated with pregnancy and prenatal care. Patterns of presence among fathersto-be are identified and factors associated with those patterns are explored. Patterns of presence reflect degrees of physical and psychological presence in relation to pregnancy and the father role. These patterns reflect the influence of various social and emotional dimensions that impact a man's transition to the new father role and raise a number of policy and practice issues.

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“…The FILE was modified similarly to that of Peterson & Christiansen (2002) to include 31 dichotomous questions from 7 of 9 subscales (intra-family strain/conflict, financial strain, work-family transitions, illness and family care strains, loss, pregnancy/childbearing strains, and family legal issues), which reflect relevant life stresses frequently reported by grandmothers (Musil & Standing, 2005; Sands & Goldberg-Glen, 2000). Respondents indicated whether or not specific changes occurred in their family during the prior 12 months.…”

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Grandmother Caregiving, Family Stress and Strain, and Depressive Symptoms

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This study used the resiliency model of family stress, adjustment, and adaptation as the framework to examine the main and moderating effects of social support and resourcefulness in the relationship between family life stresses and strain and depressive symptoms in grandmothers raising grandchildren, grandmothers in multigenerational homes, and noncaregivers to grandchildren. A sample of 486 Ohio grandmothers, recruited using random and supplemental convenience methods, completed mailed surveys. Analysis of variance was used to examine differences in family life stresses and strain, resourcefulness, support, and depressive symptoms across the three groups of grandmothers. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to examine whether family stresses and strains affected the grandmother's depressive symptoms and whether social support and resourcefulness moderated the relationship between family stresses and strain and grandmothers' mental health. Grandmothers raising grandchildren reported more depressive symptoms, but in multiple regression analyses of the full sample that controlled for demo-graphics, primary caregiving status was not related to depressive symptoms. More strain and less subjective support and resourcefulness were associated with higher depressive symptoms for all grandmothers, with 33% to 54% explained variances of such symptoms for each caregiving group and the full sample. Subjective support moderated the effects of strain and instrumental support moderated the effects of family life stresses on depressive symptoms. Social support and resourcefulness may help protect grandmothers from the effects of family stresses and strain, and interventions to enhance these factors may assist grandmother caregivers to achieve better mental health.

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“…Building on this foundation, several studies evaluated how children’s views of family boundaries are related to their postdivorce relationships with their parents (Buehler & Pasley, 2000; Taanila, Laitinen, Moilanen, & Järvelin, 2002) and to parental conflict after the divorce (Iafrate, 1996). A handful of studies and theory‐based articles have expanded the use of family BA in the context of divorce by examining several aspects of coparental relationships between former spouses (Cole & Cole, 1999; Madden‐Derdich & Arditti, 1999; Madden‐Derdich, Leonard, & Christopher, 1999; Peterson & Christensen, 2002; Serovich, Price, Chapman, & Wright, 1992). Of primary interest in these studies is the investigation of how feelings of attachment and perceptions of interpersonal boundaries impact divorced parents’ personal adjustment, their relationship with each other, and their subsequent efforts to parent together.…”

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Family Boundary Ambiguity: A 30‐Year Review of Theory, Research, and Measurement

2007

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Since its introduction 30 years ago, family boundary ambiguity (BA) has been a widely used construct in family stress research and clinical intervention. In this article, we present a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of published research studies that have used BA as a primary variable. Our review identified 37 studies investigating BA in 11 topical domains of research (e.g., missing-in-action families, death, divorce, stepfamilies, illness and caregiving, clergy families). We identify theoretical advancements pertaining to the construct and the methods used to measure BA in these studies. Drawing from this review, we discuss the current state of BA scholarship and identify steps that need to be taken to advance BA research in the future.This year marks 30 years since the construct of family boundary ambiguity (BA) was first introduced in a published article (Boss, 1977) to the interdisciplinary field of family stress. Since that time, the concept of family BA has been widely used by scholars, clinicians, and educators to study and intervene with families experiencing a wide range of stressor situations. However, despite the widespread use of the construct, little has been done to systematically document the research literature pertaining to family BA. This article presents such a review.We approached the task of reviewing the family BA literature with two intertwined purposes. First, we bring together a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of published research studies using the concept of BA. We address three primary questions: (a) what is the current state of BA theory and how has it evolved over the past 30 years?, (b) what are the domains of study in which the concept of BA has been applied?, and (c) how is BA being operationalized and measured in this research? Our findings to these questions are presented in a descriptive fashion and comprise the main sections of this article (i.e., theory, research, measurement). In addition to cataloging the broad scholarly literature addressing BA, a second purpose of this project was to evaluate the current state of BA research and to identify future directions for a second generation of scholarship in this area. In the final section of the paper, we discuss several implications from our review for carrying BA research forward for another 30 years.

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Factors Predictive of Boundary Ambiguity After Divorce

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

An Exploration of Aspects of Boundary Ambiguity Among Young, Unmarried Fathers During the Prenatal Period

An Exploration of Aspects of Boundary Ambiguity Among Young, Unmarried Fathers During the Prenatal Period

Grandmother Caregiving, Family Stress and Strain, and Depressive Symptoms

Family Boundary Ambiguity: A 30‐Year Review of Theory, Research, and Measurement

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