Written by contributors from around the world, The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments is a collection of research, legal, and clinical recommendations that fills a growing need for complex, re-formed families. Using the information in this book, which includes contemporary research and its implications, you will be able to consider stepfamilies in an international context. Understand the issues that clinicians face when they work with stepfamilies, both before and after formation, and gain more knowledge about this topic as the rates of family reformation increase.
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Foreword Paul R. Amato.
Preface.
Contributors.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Section I: INTERNATIONAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL
CONTEXTS.
1 The Demography of Stepfamilies in the United States (Jay
Teachman and Lucky Tedrow).
2 Stereotypes of Stepfamilies and Stepfamily Members (Stephen
Claxton-Oldfield).
3 Stepfamilies in France Since the 1990s (Jean-François
Mignot).
4 The Social Context of Emerging Stepfamilies in Japan (Shinji
Nozawa).
5 Stepfathers in Cultural Context: Mexican American Families in
the United States (Scott Coltrane, Erika Gutierrez, and Ross D.
Parke).
Section II: DYNAMICS WITHIN STEPFAMILY
HOUSEHOLDS.
6 Stepfathers in Families (Jeremy Robertson).
7 Resident Mothers in Stepfamilies (Marjorie Smith).
8 Sibling Relationships in Blended Families (Melinda E. Baham,
Amy A. Weimer, Sanford L. Braver, and William V. Fabricius).
9 Resident Parent-Child Relationships in Stepfamilies (Claire
Cartwright).
10 A Longitudinal Examination of Marital Processes Leading to
Instability in Remarriages and Stepfamilies (Brad van
Eeden-Moorefield and Kay Pasley).
11 Children’s Appraisals of Relationships in Stepfamilies
and First Families (Katherine H. Shelton, Sasha L. Walters, and
Gordon T. Harold).
12 The Distribution of Household Tasks in First-Marriage
Families and Stepfamilies Across Europe (Laurent Snoeckx, Britt
Dehertogh, and Dimitri Mortelmans).
13 Communication in Stepfamilies (Tamara D. Afifi).
Section III: INFLUENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS BEYOND THE
HOUSEHOLD.
14 Kinship in Stepfamilies (Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, and
Graham Crow).
15 Children’s Relationships with Nonresident Parents (Jan
Pryor).
16 The Diversity of Stepmothers (Marilyn Coleman, Jessica
Troilo, and Tyler Jamison).
17 Intergenerational Relationships in Stepfamilies (Lawrence
Ganong).
Section IV: CLINICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES.
18 A Clinician’s View of ‘Stepfamily Architecture’
(Patricia L. Papernow).
19 Research on Interventions for Stepfamily Couples (Sarah W.
Whitton, Jan M. Nicholson, and Howard J. Markman).
20 The Prevention and Treatment of Children’s Adjustment
Problems in Stepfamilies (Jan M. Nicholson, Matthew R. Sanders, W.
Kim Halford, Maddy Phillips, and Sarah W. Whitton).
21 Legal Structures and Re-Formed Families (Bill Atkin).
22 How Relevant Are U.S. Family and Probate Laws to
Stepfamilies? (Sarah E. C. Malia).
23 Where to from Here? Stepfamilies and the Future (Jan
Pryor).
Author Index.
Subject Index.
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Jan Pryor, Roy Mc Kenzie Centre for the Study of Families, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Jan Pryor is the Director of the Roy Mc Kenzie Centre for the Study of Families. Her research has addressed children’s perceptions of families; resilience in stepfamilies; cohabitation, marriage and parenting; and emotional conflict and estrangement between parents and its impact on children and adolescents. Jan teaches Family Psychology in the School of Psychology at Victoria University, and is a recognized expert in the English-speaking world in family dynamics, especially as they affect children.