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Stiefvadergezinnen

In dit boek staan stiefvaders centraal: hoe voelt hun positie, welke rol willen ze innemen, waar nemen ze verantwoordelijkheid voor? Stiefvadergezinnen functioneren heel anders dan stiefmoedergezinnen…

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Fatherhood in complex families: Ties between adult children, biological fathers, and stepfathers.

Our findings suggested that the quality of the two father-child ties are interrelated, that is, we found a small substitution effect (i.e., adult children were more likely to “choose” one father in the presence of both). We also found that the quality of father-child and stepfather-child ties was…

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Heterogeneous effects of family complexity in youth on mental health: Testing the “good divorce” and the “good stepparent” hypotheses.

We address two key research questions. First, is there an association between parental separation and living with a stepparent in childhood and maladjustment in adulthood? Second, we examine the role conflict plays in these associations…

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My children, your children, our children, and my well-being: Life satisfaction of ’empty nest’ biological parents and stepparents.

Studies on the association between parenthood and subjective well-being (SWB) have largely ignored the growing population of adults who experience more complex types of parenthood such as stepparenthood and multipartner fertility…

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Family complexity into adulthood: The central role of mothers in shaping intergenerational ties.

As a result of the divorce revolution, more children grow up in complex families. Yet, we know little about how family complexity affects relationships when children are adults and parents are ageing…