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Interdependencies of Marital and Stepparent-Stepchild Relationships and Children's Psychological Adjustment: Research Findings and Clinical Implications.
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Brand, Eulalee; Clingempeel, W. Glenn – Family Relations, 1987
Examined interdependencies of marital and stepparent-stepchild relationships and children's psychological adjustment in 62 stepfamilies. In stepmother families, higher marital quality was associated with more positive stepmother-stepson relationships and better stepson adjustment, but less positive stepmother-stepdaughter relationships and poorer…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Childhood Needs, Family Relationship, Marital Satisfaction
Quasi-Kin Relationships, Structural Complexity, and Marital Quality in Stepfamilies: A Replication, Extension, and Clinical Implications.
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Clingempeel, W. Glenn; Brand, Eulalee – Family Relations, 1985
Grouped 16 couples from simple stepfather families, 16 couples from simple stepmother families, and 16 couples from complex stepfather families by frequency of contact with quasi-kin. Multimethod assessment of marital quality revealed that groups did not differ on marital quality measures. Structural complexity effect was obtained for nonverbal…
Descriptors: Extended Family, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Fathers