Step-families and Childbearing Desires in Europe

“…Analyses of several European fertility and family surveys show that previously observed patterns of stepfamily childbearing are replicated in desires for another child, providing stronger support for motivational explanations of childbearing patterns in step-families.…”
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Children's experience of family disruption and family formation: Evidence from 16 FFS countries

“…The USA stands out as one extreme case with its very high proportion of children born to a lone mother, with a higher probability of children who experience a union disruption of their parents than anywhere else, and with many children having the experience of living in a stepfamily. Italy stands out at the other end of the scale. …”
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Family Structure through the Adolescent Eyes: A Comparative Study of Current Status and Time Trends over Three Decades of HBSC Study by Apolinaras Zaborskis, Aistė Kavaliauskienė, Charli Eriksson, Elitsa Dimitrova, Joana Makari

“…There were no significant changes in the prevalence of single-parent families and stepfamilies, but a significant increase in the number of adolescents living without either parent was revealed. …”
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Health and health risk behaviour of adolescents-Differences according to family structure. Results of the German KiGGS cohort study. by Petra Rattay, Elena von der Lippe, Elvira Mauz, Felicitas Richter, Heike Hölling, Cornelia Lange, Thomas Lampert

“…The transition from stepfamily to single parent family was also associated with a higher risk of regular smoking. …”
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Integrative Couple Therapy in Action : A Practical Guide for Handling Common Relationship Problems and Crises / by Nielsen, Arthur C., author 652027

“…Chapters cover common presenting problems (sex, money, children, and the stresses of time, work, and simply living together) and then discuss catastrophic crisis situations (couples reeling from affairs, contemplating divorce, divorcing, or living in stepfamilies after divorcing). Integrative Couple Therapy in Action provides one-stop shopping for readers of all skill levels interested in understanding the subject matter that bedevils so many couples"--…”

Understanding the association between adverse childhood experiences and subsequent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational... by Ning Zhang, Man Gao, Jinglong Yu, Qiang Zhang, Weiguang Wang, Congxiao Zhou, Lingjia Liu, Ting Sun, Xing Liao, Junhong Wang

“…Such as lived in the stepfamily, been adopted or fostered, and experienced sexual abuse were more deleterious than others. …”
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Características de las familias del municipio de Rionegro, entre el cambio y la tradición.Characteristics of the families in the municipality of Rionegro, between change and tradit... by Wilmar Evelio Gil Valencia, Eyised Andrea Ramírez

“…Also, there are other trends but to a lesser extent, the stepfamily and shaped by other unions. It also found the need to improve communication, changes in patterns of parenting, the balancing of family and work, and the influence of information technology and communication in the family. …”
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COMMUNICATION IN FAMILY CONTEXTS : THEORIES AND PROCESSES / by Hall, Elizabeth Dorrance, author 655059, Scharp, Kristina M., author 655060, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

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Influence of Family Structure on Children’s Well-being – Challenges and Pathways to Promote Positive Development by Han Meiqiao

“…Stepfamilies, characterized by complex dynamics, present additional complexities that influence children’s well-being. …”
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Re-using Qualitative Research Data: a Personal Account by Paul Thompson

“…The second is a more recent project, published as Growing Up in Stepfamilies, in which we tried to interweave the potentially complementary strengths of life story interviews with data from a quantitative longitudinal cohort followed since 1958 by the National Child Development Study. …”
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Visualizing Children’s Family Structure by Gabrielle Juteau, Krista K. Westrick-Payne, Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning

“…A consideration of parents’ parental union status shows that parents within stepfamilies are almost nearly as likely to cohabit than marry. …”
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The dyad is not enough by Torbjörn Bildtgård, Marianne Winqvist, Peter Öberg

“… The increasing prevalence of ageing stepfamilies and the potential of stepchildren to act as a source of support for older parents have increased the interest in long-term intergenerational step relationships. …”
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A comparison between the devaluation in the psychological projections of children from step families and non-step families based on the family drawing test by Shirin Emami Ale Agha, Reza Pourhossein, MohammadAli Besharat, masoud Gholamali Lavasani

“…The participants included 40 children from stepfamilies, 20 female and 20 male (parental divorce, the death of a parent, remarriage). …”
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The Hook: Getting your grounded theory research published by Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, LLD (hon.), FAAN

“…I learned about the hook as a fledgling writer back in the late 70’s, and early 80s. I wrote about stepfamilies when almost nobody else did (Stern, 1978, 1982a, 1982b). …”
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La mise à l’épreuve des cadres temporels de la recomposition familiale : les effets de la naissance d’un enfant commun en famille recomposée by Justine Vincent

“…Methodology: Drawing from interviews conducted in France with seven men and nine women in stepfamilies who had a new child with their current partner, we seek to analyze the effect that the birth of a common child had on timeframes of blending families. …”
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Parents’ living arrangement and the political and civic attitudes of 13- and 14-year-old children by Jaap Dronkers

“…We distinguish between five living arrangements: twoparent families, stepfamilies, single fathers, single mothers who live alone with their children, and single mothers in multi-generational households. …”
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