Stepfamily relationships development, dynamics, and interventions /

Main Author: Ganong, Lawrence H.
Other Authors: Coleman, Marilyn.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]
Physical Description: ix, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
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
  • Epilogue.