This article reviews areas of advancement over the past decade in our understanding of
remarriage and stepfamilies and suggests promising new directions for future work …

Contemporary families represent a world of “normative instability and definitional
crisis”(Stacey, 1999a, p. 489), making it more difficult for members to keep order in their …

Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the historic economic
shutdown and stay-at-home efforts to slow its spread have radically impacted the lives of …

Stepfamily scholars have emphasized the importance of including stepchildren in the
analysis and discussion of stepfamily life. This systematic review synthesized recent …

" Mignon Moore's title says it all: Invisible Families. Scholarship on lesbian and gay issues
has been slow to recognize the importance of children and family among those in same-sex …

We were fortunate to have started our research careers about the same time as the study of
stepfamilies was “discovered” as a valid topic for social and behavioral scientists. We also …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

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 …

What communicative experiences are particular to African Americans? How do many African
Americans define themselves culturally? How do they perceive intracultural and intercultural …

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety
of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe …