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Factors that contribute to satisfaction or dissatisfaction in stepfather-stepchild relationships
1Department of Community Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
|December 16, 1998
Abstract
Topic:
Factors contributing to satisfaction and dissatisfaction in stepfather-stepchild relationships.
Method:
A qualitative multicase study of six stepfathers.
Findings:
Four themes emerged: previous experiences as parents, other relationships within the family, issues that required negotiating, discipline of the children.
Conclusions:
Previous experience as parents, good relationships with other family members, similarity in values between parents, and inclusion in the disciplinary process increased stepfathers' satisfaction.