The international handbook of stepfamilies : policy and practice in legal, research, and clinical environments / edited by Jan Pryor. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xxv, 611 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The demography of stepfamilies in the United States / Stereotypes of stepfamilies and stepfamily members / Stepfamilies in France since the 1990s / The social context of emerging stepfamilies in Japan / Stepfathers in cultural context : Mexican American families in the United States / Stepfathers in families / Resident mothers in stepfamilies / Sibling relationships in blended families / Resident parent-child relationships in stepfamilies / A longitudinal examination of marital processes leading to instability in remarriages and stepfamilies / Children's appraisals of relationships in stepfamilies and first families / The distribution of household tasks in first-marriage families and stepfamilies across Europe / Communication in stepfamilies / Kinship in stepfamilies / Children's relationships with nonresident parents / The diversity of stepmothers / Intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies / A clinician's view of'stepfamily architecture' / Research on interventions for stepfamily couples / The prevention and treatment of children's adjustment problems in stepfamilies / Legal structures and re-formed families / How relevant are U.S. family and probate laws to stepfamilies? / Where to from here? Stepfamilies and the future / Jay Teachman and Lucky Tedrow -- Stephen Claxton-Oldfield -- Jean-François Mignot -- Shinji Nozawa -- Scott Coltrane, Erika Gutierrez, and Ross D. Parke -- Jeremy Robertson -- Marjorie Smith -- Melinda E. Baham, Amy A. Weimer, Sanford L. Braver, and William V. Fabricius -- Claire Cartwright -- Brad van Eeden-Moorefield and Kay Pasley -- Katherine H. Shelton, Sasha L. Walters, and Gordon T. Harold -- Laurent Snoeckx, Britt Dehertogh, and Dimitri Mortelmans -- Tamara D. Afifi -- Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, and Graham Crow -- Jan Pryor -- Marilyn Coleman, Jessica Troilo, and Tyler Jamison -- Lawrence Ganong -- Patricia L. Papernow -- Sarah W. Whitton, Jan M. Nicholson and Howard J. Markman -- Jan M. Nicholson, Matthew R Sanders, W. Kim Halford, Maddy Phillips, and Sarah W. Whitton -- Bill Atkin -- Sarah E.C. Malia -- Jan Pryor.

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The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments considers stepfamilies from an international context with information on contemporary research and its implications.


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Stepfamilies.
Stepfamilies--Cross-cultural studies.
Family.
Cross-cultural comparison.


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