This article reviews key developments in the past decade of research on divorce,
repartnering, and stepfamilies. Divorce rates are declining overall, but they remain high and …

Due to extended transitions to adulthood and declining marital rates, bonds between adults
and parents have grown increasingly salient in individuals' lives. This review organizes …

Fixed-effects (FE) regression is a method that is especially useful in the context of causal
inference (Gangl, 2010). While standard regression models provide biased estimates of …

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and
contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an …

Objective This study examined whether youth and parent perceptions of parent–child
contact, closeness, and conflict change during the transition to adulthood, and how …

As a result of the divorce revolution, more children grow up in complex families. Yet, we
know little about how family complexity affects relationships when children are adults and …

Objectives The first and second demographic transitions have led to profound changes in
family networks. However, the timing and extent of these transitions vary widely across …

Objective We use a family systems approach to examine how stepfamily structure is
associated with both positive and negative parent–child relationships while considering …

Objective This article discusses how kinship is construed and enacted in diverse forms of the
family that are now part of the culturally pluralistic family system of Western societies …

Although the rise in postdivorce joint physical custody has fueled scholarly interest in its
impact on children, consequences for parents remain understudied. Because children's …