Quantitative and qualitative data are presented to document certain aspects of the
experience of stepparenting in a subsample of 109 stepparents. A focus is placed on the …

Stepparents vary widely in the extent to which they are involved in parenting their
stepchildren. This paper reports results from a qualitative study of stepparenting …

Twelve stepparents of adolescents were asked in a semi-structured interview to describe (a)
their life before joining the family;(b)'getting to know'the family during dating; and (c) being a …

This study examined the relation between perceived marital quality and the perceived
quality of the (step) parent–child relationship in 2 independent samples of couples living in …

Guided by trends of increased prevalence and social acceptance of stepfamilies, the authors
argue that stepparents are more likely to include stepchildren in their personal network in …

Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, the authors investigate
how a stepfather's demand for conformity from a stepchild influences stepfather-stepchild …

Using data from a contemporary cohort of children, we revisit the question of whether
children benefit from being close to and engaging in activities with a stepfather. We deploy …

Most of the research on stepfamilies rightly focuses on the stepfamily with young children.
Childrearing and social replacement are clearly the most important functions of families in …

Although an increasing proportion of people in Ireland are living in stepfamilies, little
research has explored the dynamics within these families. Drawing on data from the …

This qualitative study is the first to focus exclusively on stepmothers' coparenting
experiences with mothers in joint custody families. Central findings include the …