Stepfamily relationships : development, dynamics, and interventions / Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman.

Stepfamily Relationships: Development, Dynamics, and Interventions offers what has so far been missing in the field - a comprehensive, multidisciplinary text that provides a state-of-the-art look at this important facet of family study. This volume examines the variety of relationships within step-h...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Authors: Ganong, Lawrence H. (Author), Coleman, Marilyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • Studying stepfamilies
  • The cultural context of stepfamilies
  • Paths to stepfamily life
  • Courtship in stepfamilies
  • Couple dynamics in stepfamilies
  • Gay and lesbian cohabiting couples in stepfamilies
  • The dynamics of parenting and stepparenting
  • Effects of stepfamily living on children
  • Siblings, half-siblings, and stepsiblings
  • Grandparents and stepgrandparents
  • Clinical perspectives on stepfamily dynamics.