Exam 15: Remarriages and Stepfamilies

Research shows that both stepmothers and stepfathers play their roles with more distance than do biological parents-more like friends than monitoring parents.

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

About _____ percent of all children (5.3 million)are living in a married stepfamily with one biological parent and one stepparent.

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

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

Interviews with stepfamily members reveal that definitions of family between parents and children and between siblings

Postdivorce cohabitation is positively associated with

Family systems theory emphasizes __________ in family relationships.

Our society offers members of remarried families no __________, or set of socially prescribed and understood guidelines, for relating to each other or for defining responsibilities and obligations.

_____ percent of remarriages formed between 1985 and 1994 ended in separation or divorce within a decade.

In general, research shows little difference in spouses' overall well-being or in marital happiness between first and later unions.

Family structure (whether the family is first-marriage, cohabiting, divorced, or remarried)is not as important to stepchildren's well-being or future outcomes as is

The _____ describes the process by which veritable strangers to one another form nourishing, reliable relationships.

The text characterizes the components of a common remarriage courtship pattern. Which of the following is NOT one of these components?

The stepmother role has been described as the stepmother __________.

Some religions, such as Catholicism, do not recognize a remarriage after divorce unless

Research on communication patterns in stepfamilies reveals several different communication patterns. In which pattern does communication flow freely, involving all members of the stepfamily equally?

According to the latest government statistics available, remarriages have been less _________ than first marriages.

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

Visitation rights (and corresponding support obligation)of stepparents