The International Handbook of Stepfamilies

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.

Jan Pryor, Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Jan Pryor is the Director of the Roy McKenzie 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.

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Acknowledgments
International, Demographic, And Cultural Contexts
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
Dynamics Within Stepfamily Households
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
Influences And Relationships Beyond The Household
Kinship in Stepfamilies
Children's Relationships with Nonresident Parents
The Diversity of Stepmothers
Intergenerational Relationships in Stepfamilies
Clinical And Legal Issues
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
Author Index
Subject Index
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The International Handbook of Stepfamilies Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments

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