Family Studies and Human Development

According to the text, the nuclear-family model a. does not work well for most remarried ...

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Adults who form stepfamilies expect a smooth and quick adjustment while children expect that the ...

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Eventually, a stepfamily might achieve integration and appreciate its unique identity. This is known ...

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All in all, 42 percent of adults have at least one step-relative. a. True b. False Indicate ...

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During the 1950s, both the divorce rate and the remarriage rate increased dramatically and remained ...

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Gays and lesbians who together adopt or bear a child (who is biologically or legally related to just ...

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Until well into the twentieth century, almost all remarriages followed widowhood. a. True b. ...

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The term stepparent originally meant an additional parent figure, not a person who replaces a dead ...

Started by Mr3Hunna

Children lower the likelihood of remarriage for both men and women, but the impact of children is ...

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Marital happiness (or satisfaction) and marital stability are essentially the same. a. True b. ...

Started by Bernana

In general, research shows little difference in spouses' overall well-being or in marital happiness ...

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When neither spouse enters a remarriage with children, the couple's union is usually very much like ...

Started by Yi-Chen

Remarriages are less stable than first marriages. a. True b. False Indicate whether the ...

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The stepmother's role and relationships with stepchildren are usually less problematic than those ...

Started by audie

Considerable research has found that, on average, stepchildren of all ages have the same rates of ...

Started by cookcarl

Relatively low role ambiguity has been associated with higher remarital satisfaction. a. True b. ...

Started by imowrer

Research shows that both stepmothers and stepfathers play their roles with more distance than do ...

Started by anshika

Stepparents and children raised in stepfamilies, on average, have fewer financial resources and ...

Started by KimWrice

__________ are marriages in which at least one partner had previously been divorced or widowed. ...

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According to the __________, the first-marriage family is the real model for family living, with all ...

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In the ________, economic resources are pooled and distributed according to need regardless of ...

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Our society offers members of remarried families no __________, or set of socially prescribed and ...

Started by Kikoku

Because of the cultural ambiguity of remarried family relationships, social scientist Andrew Cherlin ...

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The stepmother role has been described as the stepmother __________. Fill in the blank(s) with ...

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Stepfamilies often struggle with__________, since there are no clear guidelines regarding what ...

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