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Relative Strangers: Studies of Stepfamily Processes.
John Scanzoni,William R. Beer +1 more
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Relative Strangers as discussed by the authors studies the stepfamily as a social system in its own right, and examines the processes at work in this system, a sociological study of the step-family.Abstract:
Relative Strangers studies the stepfamily as a social system in its own right, and examines the processes at work in this system. A sociological study of the stepfamily, this book will appeal to social workers, counsellors, family therapists, sociologists, teachers and educated readers interested in the American family.read more
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What matters? What does not? Five perspectives on the association between marital transitions and children's adjustment.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of five views of factors that contribute to the adjustment of children in divorced families or stepfamilies, including individual vulnerability and risk, family composition, stress, including socioeconomic disadvantage, parental distress, and disrupted family process.
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Family Structure, Gender, and Parental Socialization.
TL;DR: This paper found that single parents do not spend twice as much time with children as do married parents so that from the child's point of view there are significant differences between parental time in one-and two-parent families.
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Spending Time with His Kids: Effects of Family Structure on Fathers' and Children's Lives.
TL;DR: Les AA. s'efforcent de mesurer la contribution paternelle sur le plan de l'education des enfants as mentioned in this paper, se demandent si les structures familiales affectent ce type de participation.
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Family Structure Transitions and Adolescent Well-being
TL;DR: Comparisons of various types of family stability and change revealed that cohabitation is often associated with poorer outcomes, and moving into a cohabiting stepfamily from a single-mother family decreased adolescent well-being.
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What Fathers Say About Involvement With Children After Separation
TL;DR: The authors examined the potential impact of nonresponse on information about paternal involvement after separation by comparing the sample of mothers whose children have a nonresident father to sample of nonresident fathers in the National Survey of Families and Households.