Court‐ordered shared physical and legal custody has led to greater numbers of couples that
must coparent following divorce. We conducted a grounded theory study to examine …

Divorced individuals who share parenting responsibilities have to figure out ways to work
together to raise their children. The purpose of this qualitative study of 49 divorced coparents …

Prior research has focused on the relationship between parenthood and psychological well-
being, with mixed results. Some studies have also addressed potential gender differences in …

How do stepparents develop close relationships with stepchildren? How do they maintain
those relationships over time? Stepparenting is often a challenge. In this chapter we discuss …

Why do various pathways to stepfamily formation matter? Stepfamilies are formed in many
ways—after death, after divorce, after cohabitations, when lone, never-married parents …

In Chapter 1 we referred to the historical impact of clinical writers on the development of the
study of stepfamilies. Before researchers expressed much interest in stepfamilies, clinicians …

How are parent–child relationships maintained during stepfamily formation, what changes in
those relationships occur over time, and what influences these changes? The primary focus …