Individual and Family Factors Related to Psychosocial Adjustment in Stepmother Families With Adolescents

Gosselin, Julie

doi:10.1080/10502550903455174

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“…Previous research has identified that a number of family and individual factors can contribute to stress among stepparents, including a lack of boundaries and role clarity (Gosselin, ; Sweeney, ), both familial and societal expectations (Fine & Schwebel, ; Nielsen, ), and tense relationships with other family members (Shapiro & Stewart, ). However, the current literature is lacking a systemic understanding of the ways in which social identities and roles, as well as associated cultural and individual expectations, interact with interpersonal processes to shape stepparents' experiences.…”

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Stepparents and Parenting Stress: The Roles of Gender, Marital Quality, and Views about Gender Roles

Shapiro

2014

Family Process

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Previous research suggests that stepparenting can be stressful, although the mechanisms that contribute to the experience of parenting stress in stepfamilies are less clear. This study examines gender, marital quality, and views about gendered family roles as correlates of parenting stress among 310 stepmothers, stepfathers, and biological mothers and fathers. Findings suggest that stepparents, and especially stepmothers, experience higher levels of parenting stress than biological parents. Findings also suggest that less traditional views about gendered family roles and higher dyadic adjustment are associated with lower parenting stress for stepparents, particularly in combination. Stepparents reporting both of these protective factors were indistinguishable in terms of parenting stress from biological parents. These findings indicate potential pathways to mitigate the stress associated with stepparenting.

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Stepparents and Parenting Stress: The Roles of Gender, Marital Quality, and Views about Gender Roles

Shapiro

2014

Family Process

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“…가족 레질 리언스는 문제해결과 성장을 위한 가족들의 잠재력을 확신하 며, 역경에 처한 가족을 문제가 많은 것으로 인식하기보다는 삶의 도전을 받고 있는 가족으로 여겨 그 관점의 전환을 가져 온다 (Walsh, 1998) (Gosselin & David, 2007;Gosselin, 2010;Walsh, 1998).…”

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A Practice Model for Strengthening Resilience among Remarried Families

Kim¹

2012

Journal of Korean Home Management Association

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Assistant Professor : Kim, Yoojung Remarriage has been prevalent in Korea since the mid-1990s. Remarried families have reported that they face many challenges and difficulties. Life for those who remarry can worsen when the children from a previous marriage live together with new family members. It is interesting that some remarried families adjust well while others do not. This study focuses on developing a practice model for strengthening the resilience of remarried families with children based on a literature review. To understand and support remarried families, the resilience perspective was chosen, focusing on a strengths perspective with developmental, ecological, and preventative perspectives. In terms of resilience, the proposed practice model was developed on the basis of three concepts: belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication. The model can be used to help remarried families accomplish adequate integration by growing as a new family and can prevent another divorce. Moreover, it can assist practitioners and policy-makers develop programs and policies with a strengths perspective rather than a deficit or problem-oriented perspective. Based on the model, various programs need to be developed to strengthen the resilience of remarried families. The development of supportive programs is suggested. These can include remarriage preparation programs, remarriage life education programs, interactive web-based programs, and family camps. For a long time, remarried families have been labeled as abnormal and atypical owing to the normal family myth. This negative perception of remarried families must be altered so that they are accepted with a positive outlook in a society. For further studies, the development of diverse supportive adaptation programs for various types of remarried families and active research on them are recommended. The practice model can assist with the adaptation and growth of remarried families by strengthening their resilience. ▲주요어(Key

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“…That is, even without introducing a new partner into the family system, the lack of clarity about the parents' relationship status may disrupt the family system's functioning, including who counts as an insider or an outsider to the immediate family unit and who is responsible for which activities of daily living. These challenges could translate into impaired socioemotional and behavioral outcomes among adolescents via their impact on dyadic relationships in the family and disruptions in parental supervision (Gosselin, ).…”

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Parental Relationship Churning and Adolescent Well‐Being: Examining Instability Within Families

Turney

Halpern‐Meekin

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective: This study examines the association between parental relationship churning (i.e., the separation and reunification of one's biological parents) and adolescent well-being. Background: Research examines how instability in parental romantic relationships is linked to adolescent well-being, but it has largely neglected instability and transitions that occur within, rather than between, relationships. Family stress and family boundary ambiguity theories suggest that adolescents from churning families will experience deleterious outcomes when compared with their counterparts in stably together families. Method: In this article, the authors used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,327) to examine the association between parental relationship churning and adolescent socioemotional and behavioral outcomes (including internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, depressive symptoms, anxiety, delinquency, and exclusionary school discipline experience). Results: Adolescents who experience parental relationship churning between birth and age 9 had similar outcomes to their counterparts with

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Individual and Family Factors Related to Psychosocial Adjustment in Stepmother Families With Adolescents

Cited by 22 publications

References 33 publications

Stepparents and Parenting Stress: The Roles of Gender, Marital Quality, and Views about Gender Roles

Stepparents and Parenting Stress: The Roles of Gender, Marital Quality, and Views about Gender Roles

A Practice Model for Strengthening Resilience among Remarried Families

Parental Relationship Churning and Adolescent Well‐Being: Examining Instability Within Families

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