Stepfamily Break-Up: A Qualitative Analysis of Trajectories and Processes

Lovers for a time, mothers for life: Ecosystemic analysis of blended family experiences of lesbian mothers and stepmothers

“…It would be interesting for future researchers to analyse family members' life trajectories (Cohler, 2008) with the goal of identifying paths and adaptation processes marked by parental separation (Saint‐Jacques et al, 2016) and of comparing them to other sexually and gender diverse family structures (gay fathers, bisexual parents and trans parents), particularly with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. It would also be valuable to hear what children and adolescents have to say, given that adult concerns may not reflect their realities or perception of the situation (Mason & Tipper, 2008).…”

Effective Strategies Small Retail Leaders Use to Engage Employees

“…Researchers use a case study to develop theoretical propositions to guide data collection and analysis with the inclusion of multiple sources of evidence for triangulation . Triangulation results in the researcher accomplishing a final analysis grid with specific categories that takes the form of a series of questions used to analyze data (Saint-Jacques et al, 2016). I performed triangulation by interviewing five retail managers on the topic for the study.…”

Supporting Postdivorce Stepfathering: Directions for Family Counselors

“…These estimates are also confounded by the number of stepfamilies formed through cohabitation, for which there is no recorded license or record either of their formation or dissolution. Those cautions in mind, the previously believed termination rates of 50% for first marriages, 60% for second marriages, and 73% for third marriages have been revised to current estimates of marital termination of 20–25% of first, 31% of all unions, and 34% of remarriages, suggesting that while divorce rates are less prevalent than previously determined, subsequent marriages remain more fragile and vulnerable to dissolution than do first marriages (Coleman et al, 2015; Dainton, 2019; Deal, 2014; Saint-Jacques et al, 2016). Since stepfamilies, either formed through cohabitation or subsequent marriage, fall into the higher termination rates (Saint-Jacques et al, 2016), then those incidences also affect the children in stepfamilies.…”

“…Divorce generates major health risks for adults and children, with more than 1,000,000 children affected each year (Zeleznikow & Zeleznikow, 2015). While it has been found that children are not worse off in a stepfamily environment than a nuclear family (Saint-Jacques et al, 2016), the handling of the marital dissolution has important outcomes (Becher et al, 2019; Jensen & Weller, 2019; Shafer, Jensen, & Holmes, 2017) in terms of influencing whether the divorcing process is experienced as discrete (time-limited) or chronic (lifelong) stress. Ongoing connections with two parents or adults through and after the divorce seem predictive of the children’s more successful academical performance, more emotional stability, leadership aspirations, and protection from the negative effects of poverty (Andreasson & Johansson, 2019; Coleman et al, 2015).…”