Shared residential custody is becoming more prevalent worldwide. Until recently, only five
percent to seven percent of American children lived at least one third of the time with each …

In this fully revised new edition, Father-Daughter Relationships: Contemporary Research
and Issues summarises and analyses the most relevant research regarding father-daughter …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

This study investigates cell phones in perceptions of autonomy and connection within the
romantic relationships of college students. Self-report measures of rules for cell phone use …

With the growing number of transgender individuals coming forward, it is important that
scholars turn attention to the experiences of these identities and transitions for transgender …

Conflict in romantic relationships is a natural phenomenon. However, the use of social
media by romantic partners has been described as a means of escalating conflicts in …

This new book reviews the most current global research and highlights the challenges,
possibilities, and dynamics of stepfamily households. It describes their formation, their …

Family transitions, such as stepfamily formation, can be a source of stress for adults and
children. Yet, the stepfamily literature lacks a focus on factors that influence child stress …

Blended families face unique challenges that differ greatly from those encountered by
nuclear families. Societal stereotypes that view blended families as abnormal, taking nuclear …

F or over a decade a good portion of our individual and joint work has been focused on
applying relational dialectics theory (RDT) to communication in close relationships …