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The Processes Distinguishing Stable from Unstable Stepfamily Couples: A Qualitative Analysis
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Saint-Jacques, Marie-Christine; Robitaille, Caroline; Godbout, ELisabeth; Parent, Claudine; Drapeau, Sylvie; Gagne, Marie-Helene – Family Relations, 2011
Second marriages are known to be more fragile than first marriages. To better understand the factors that contribute to this fragility, this qualitative study compared stepfamilies that stayed together with those that separated by collecting interview data from one adult in each of the former (n = 31) and latter (n = 26) stepfamilies. Data were…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Marital Status, Family Relationship