The purposes of this study were to examine the strategies that stepparents use to develop
and maintain affinity with stepchildren and the effects that these strategies have on the …

Because of the potential stepparent-stepchild relationships have for tension and conflict,
clinicians have identified the development of a positive stepparent-stepchild connection as …

Stepfamily relationship research has emphasized the stepparent role and relationships
between stepparents and stepchildren, neglecting the study of bioparent-child relationships …

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 …

The purposes of this study were to determine the degree of consistency in stepfamily
members' perceptions of the step-parent role, to examine the relation between the degree of …

The manner in which the role of the stepparent is de fined and implemented has been
identified as an important determi nant of how well family members adjust to living in …

This study employs nationally representative data on adolescents and their stepfathers (n=
2085) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine …

Current research on stepfamily well-being often overlooks the perspective of children, and
deals primarily with factors as reported by the adults involved. The authors examine a …

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 …

The present study employed a multimethod-multimeasure-multisource assessment of the
quality of the stepparent-stepchild relationship in 16 stepmother and 16 stepfather families …