11 Stepmom facts: Research from negative outcomes to positive solutions
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References:
1) Fisher, P. A., Leve, L. D., O’Leary, C. C., & Leve, C. (2003). Parental monitoring of children’s behavior: Variation across stepmother, stepfather and two-parent biological families. Family relations,52(1), 45–52. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00045.x
Portrie, T., & Hill, N. R.(2005). Blended families: A critical review of the current research. The Family Journal: Counselling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 13(4), 445–451. doi:10.1177/1066480705279014
2) Keshet, J .K. (2001). Uncounted stepfamilies: Remarried fathers and their wives. In S. H. Cath & M. Shopper (Eds.), Stepparenting: Creating and recreating families in America today (pp. 245–261). Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
Doodson, L. (2014). Understanding the factors related to stepmother anxiety: A qualitative approach, 55 J. DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE 645.
3) Dunn, J. (2002). The adjustment of children in stepfamilies: Lessons from community studies. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 7(4), 154–161.
Danielle Shapiro & Abigail Stewart,. Parenting stress, perceived child regard, and depressive symptoms among stepmothers and biological mothers, 60 FAM. RELATIONS 533 (2011).
Fellman, I. E., Galan, J. C., & Lloreda, J. H. (2008). Stepparent role strain and psychological distress. Psicothema, 20(4), 732–738.
Lee-Baggly, D., Preece, D., & DeLongis, A. (2005). Coping with interpersonal stress: Role of the big five traits. Journal of Personality, 73(5), 1141–1180. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00345.x
Johnson, A. J., Wright, K. B., Craig, E. A., Gilchrist, E. S., Lane, L. T., & Haigh, M. M. (2008). A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilising a stress and coping approach. Journal of social and Personal Relationships, 25, 119–142. doi:0.1177/0265407507086809
Ashman, S. B., Dawson, G., & Pnagiotides, H. (2008). Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: Relations with child psychopathology and behaviour and the role of contextual risks. Development and Psychology, 20, 55-77. doi: 10.1017/S0954579408000035
4) Ganong, L., & Coleman, M. (2017). Stepfamily relationships: Development, dynamics, and
interventions. Second Edition. New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
5) Adamsons, K., O’Brien, M., & Pasley, K. (2007). Fathering: An ecological approach to father involvement in biological and stepfather families. Fathering, 5(2), 129–147. doi: 10.3149/fth.0502.129
Hadfield, K. & Nixon, E. (2012). Comparison of relationship dynamics within stepmother
and stepfather families in Ireland. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 33(2–3), 100–
106. doi:10.1080/03033910.2012.708900
6) Ceglian, C. P., & Gardner, S. (2001). Attachment style and the ‘wicked stepmother’ spiral. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 34, 111–129. doi: 10.1300/J087v34n01_07
Christian, A. (2005). Contesting the myth of the “wicked stepmother”: Narrative analysis of an online stepfamily support group. Western Journal of Communication, 69, 2–47. doi: 10.1080/10570310500034030
Johnson et al. 2008 (as above)
Whiting, J. B., Smith, D. R., Barnett, T., & Grafsky, E. L. (2007). Overcoming the Cinderella myth. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 47(1), 95–109. doi: 10.1300/J087v47n01_06
Perez, J. C., & Torrens, A. J. (2009). The myth of motherhood and the role of stepmothers: An outlook of women who have delayed their motherhood. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 50(3), 206-219. doi: 10.1080/10502550902717905
7) Whiting 2007 (as above)
Crohn, H. M. (2006). Five styles of positive stepmothering from the perspective of young adult stepdaughters. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 46, 119–134. doi: 10.1300/J087v46n01_07
Gosselin, J. (2010). Individual and family factors related to psychosocial adjustment in stepmother families with adolescence. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51, 108– 123. doi:10.1080/10502550903455174
8) Sweeney, M. M. (2010). Remarriage and stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for family scholarship in the 21st century. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(June 2010), 667–684. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00724.x
9) Crawford, L. A., & Novak, K. B. (2008). Parent-child relations and peer associations as mediators of the family structure-substance use relationship. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 155–184. doi:10.1177/0192513X07304461
Ulveseter, G., Breivik, K., & Thuen, F. (2010). Health-related adjustment of adolescent in various post-divorce family structures with main focus on father custody with and without a stepmother. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51(7), 379–395. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2010.504088
10) Zaharychuk, C. (2017). Stepmothers’ Role in Mediating Adverse Effects on Children of Divorce, Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2017.1301738
11) Greenwood, S. (2017). Envy in Relationships Between Maternal Dyads. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, Vol. 25(1) 48-54.
Pylyser C., Buysse A., Loeys, T. (2017). Stepfamilies Doing Family: A Meta-Ethnography. Family Process 1–14. doi: 10.1111/famp.12293
1) Fisher, P. A., Leve, L. D., O’Leary, C. C., & Leve, C. (2003). Parental monitoring of children’s behavior: Variation across stepmother, stepfather and two-parent biological families. Family relations,52(1), 45–52. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00045.x
Portrie, T., & Hill, N. R.(2005). Blended families: A critical review of the current research. The Family Journal: Counselling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 13(4), 445–451. doi:10.1177/1066480705279014
2) Keshet, J .K. (2001). Uncounted stepfamilies: Remarried fathers and their wives. In S. H. Cath & M. Shopper (Eds.), Stepparenting: Creating and recreating families in America today (pp. 245–261). Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
Doodson, L. (2014). Understanding the factors related to stepmother anxiety: A qualitative approach, 55 J. DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE 645.
3) Dunn, J. (2002). The adjustment of children in stepfamilies: Lessons from community studies. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 7(4), 154–161.
Danielle Shapiro & Abigail Stewart,. Parenting stress, perceived child regard, and depressive symptoms among stepmothers and biological mothers, 60 FAM. RELATIONS 533 (2011).
Fellman, I. E., Galan, J. C., & Lloreda, J. H. (2008). Stepparent role strain and psychological distress. Psicothema, 20(4), 732–738.
Lee-Baggly, D., Preece, D., & DeLongis, A. (2005). Coping with interpersonal stress: Role of the big five traits. Journal of Personality, 73(5), 1141–1180. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00345.x
Johnson, A. J., Wright, K. B., Craig, E. A., Gilchrist, E. S., Lane, L. T., & Haigh, M. M. (2008). A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilising a stress and coping approach. Journal of social and Personal Relationships, 25, 119–142. doi:0.1177/0265407507086809
Ashman, S. B., Dawson, G., & Pnagiotides, H. (2008). Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: Relations with child psychopathology and behaviour and the role of contextual risks. Development and Psychology, 20, 55-77. doi: 10.1017/S0954579408000035
4) Ganong, L., & Coleman, M. (2017). Stepfamily relationships: Development, dynamics, and
interventions. Second Edition. New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
5) Adamsons, K., O’Brien, M., & Pasley, K. (2007). Fathering: An ecological approach to father involvement in biological and stepfather families. Fathering, 5(2), 129–147. doi: 10.3149/fth.0502.129
Hadfield, K. & Nixon, E. (2012). Comparison of relationship dynamics within stepmother
and stepfather families in Ireland. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 33(2–3), 100–
106. doi:10.1080/03033910.2012.708900
6) Ceglian, C. P., & Gardner, S. (2001). Attachment style and the ‘wicked stepmother’ spiral. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 34, 111–129. doi: 10.1300/J087v34n01_07
Christian, A. (2005). Contesting the myth of the “wicked stepmother”: Narrative analysis of an online stepfamily support group. Western Journal of Communication, 69, 2–47. doi: 10.1080/10570310500034030
Johnson et al. 2008 (as above)
Whiting, J. B., Smith, D. R., Barnett, T., & Grafsky, E. L. (2007). Overcoming the Cinderella myth. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 47(1), 95–109. doi: 10.1300/J087v47n01_06
Perez, J. C., & Torrens, A. J. (2009). The myth of motherhood and the role of stepmothers: An outlook of women who have delayed their motherhood. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 50(3), 206-219. doi: 10.1080/10502550902717905
7) Whiting 2007 (as above)
Crohn, H. M. (2006). Five styles of positive stepmothering from the perspective of young adult stepdaughters. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 46, 119–134. doi: 10.1300/J087v46n01_07
Gosselin, J. (2010). Individual and family factors related to psychosocial adjustment in stepmother families with adolescence. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51, 108– 123. doi:10.1080/10502550903455174
8) Sweeney, M. M. (2010). Remarriage and stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for family scholarship in the 21st century. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(June 2010), 667–684. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00724.x
9) Crawford, L. A., & Novak, K. B. (2008). Parent-child relations and peer associations as mediators of the family structure-substance use relationship. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 155–184. doi:10.1177/0192513X07304461
Ulveseter, G., Breivik, K., & Thuen, F. (2010). Health-related adjustment of adolescent in various post-divorce family structures with main focus on father custody with and without a stepmother. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51(7), 379–395. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2010.504088
10) Zaharychuk, C. (2017). Stepmothers’ Role in Mediating Adverse Effects on Children of Divorce, Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2017.1301738
11) Greenwood, S. (2017). Envy in Relationships Between Maternal Dyads. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, Vol. 25(1) 48-54.
Pylyser C., Buysse A., Loeys, T. (2017). Stepfamilies Doing Family: A Meta-Ethnography. Family Process 1–14. doi: 10.1111/famp.12293