Stepparent Affinity-Seeking and -Maintaining Behaviors with Stepchildren and Marital Satisfaction and Step-Relationship Quality in Remarried Couples

Luke T. Russell; Nate Stoddard; Lawrence Ganong; Caroline Sanner; Kwangman Ko; Todd Jensen

Stepparent Affinity-Seeking and -Maintaining Behaviors with Stepchildren and Marital Satisfaction and Step-Relationship Quality in Remarried Couples

Luke T. Russell, Nate Stoddard, Lawrence Ganong, Caroline Sanner, Kwangman Ko, Todd Jensen

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Abstract

Remarried stepfamilies make up a sizable portion of American families. Family clinicians and researchers

suggest that the ability of stepparents to develop close bonds with stepchildren may be critical to the wellbeing of couple relationships as well. Using Actor-Partner Interdependence Models to analyze data from 319 remarried stepfamily couples, we evaluated how remarried parents’ and stepparents’ perceptions of a stepparents’ affinity-seeking and maintaining behaviors were associated with their own and their spouse’s marital satisfaction and their perceptions of stepparent-stepchild relationship quality. Preliminary results show significant positive actor effects across all outcomes and one significant partner effect. Implications will be discussed.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jul 15 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 International Association for Relationship Research Conference - Duration: Jul 15 2018 → …

Conference

Conference	2018 International Association for Relationship Research Conference
Period	7/15/18 → …

Keywords

affinity-seeking
remarried couples

Disciplines

Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling

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