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Stepfamily Relationships

Development, Dynamics, and Interventions

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Authors:
  1. Lawrence Ganong

    1. University of Missouri , Columbia, USA

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  2. Marilyn Coleman

    1. University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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  • Presents a brief history of stepfamily relationships as a field of study
  • Utilizes a normative-adaptive perspective to look at both positive and negative dimensions of stepfamily life
  • Provides a complete picture of the development and dynamics of stepfamily relationships
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Studying (and Understanding) Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Cultural Context of Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 21-36

  4. Pathways to Stepfamily Living

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 37-60

  5. Courtship in Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 61-83

  6. Couple Dynamics in Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 85-110

  7. Gay and Lesbian Couples in Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 111-124

  8. The Dynamics of Parenting in Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 125-142

  9. The Dynamics of Stepparenting

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 143-173

  10. Effects of Stepfamily Living on Children

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 175-189

  11. Siblings, Half-Siblings, and Stepsiblings

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 191-204

  12. Grandparents and Stepgrandparents

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 205-230

  13. Clinical Perspectives on Stepfamily Dynamics

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 231-258

  14. Working with Stepfamilies

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 259-285

  15. Next Steps

    • Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman
    Pages 287-292

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 293-343
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About this book

This second edition synthesizes the emerging knowledge base on the diversity of stepfamilies, their inherent concerns, and why so relatively little is still known about them. Its extensive findings shed needed light on family arrangements relatively new to the literature (e.g., cohabitating stepparents), the effects of these relationships on different family members (e.g., stepsiblings, stepgrandparents), the experiences of gay and lesbian stepfamilies, and the stigma against non-nuclear families. Coverage reviews effective therapeutic and counseling interventions for emotional, familial, and social challenges of stepfamilies, as well as the merits of family education and self-help programs. The authors explore prevailing myths about marriage, divorce, and stepfamily life while expanding the limits of stepfamily research.

Among the topics included:
• The cultural context of stepfamilies.
• Couple dynamics in stepfamilies.
• Gay andlesbian couples in stepfamilies.   • The dynamics of stepparenting.   
• Siblings, half-siblings, and stepsiblings.    • Effects of stepfamily living on children.
• Clinical perspectives on stepfamily dynamics.


For researchers and clinicians who work with families, it enriches the literature as it offers insights and guidelines for effective practice as well as possible avenues for future research.



Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Missouri , Columbia, USA

    Lawrence Ganong

  • University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    Marilyn Coleman

About the authors

Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman have studied, taught, counseled, and mediated with stepfamilies and stepfamily members for over 30 years. They are prolific authors (7 books, over 200 journal articles), whose writing and thinking about stepfamilies have heavily influenced researchers and clinicians for many years. In their persistent use of a risk and resilience approach to studying stepfamily relationships, Ganong and Coleman have given the field many new ideas, such as “concrete babies,” “inherited stepgrandparents,” “mothering but not a mother role,” and the “end table phenomenon.” Their 2004 edition of this book was the most comprehensive examination of stepfamily relationships to that point in time, and this volume is even more wide-ranging.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stepfamily Relationships

  • Book Subtitle: Development, Dynamics, and Interventions

  • Authors: Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7702-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7700-7Published: 16 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7954-7Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7702-1Published: 15 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XV, 343

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Family, Developmental Psychology, Psychotherapy

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