In 2017 hadden ruim een half miljoen (527 duizend) kinderen jonger dan 18 jaar minstens één stiefouder, stiefbroer of –zus of halfbroer of -zus. Dat is 16 procent van alle minderjarige kinderen. Dat aantal is de afgelopen twintig jaar…

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…

We examined a possible predictor of (step)parent–adult child closeness in adulthood, namely, the frequency of parental involvement in different child-rearing tasks during youth…

This article studies the relationship between having a common child in stepfamilies and partners’ relationship satisfaction…

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…

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…

Conclusie In ons dagelijkse spraakgebruik wordt de groeiende groep mensen met een partner met kinderen uit een eerdere relatie aangeduid als ‘stiefouders’…

Van de volwassenen die als kind na een scheiding van hun ouders met de nieuwe partner van hun moeder in een huis hebben gewoond, beschouwt 44 procent deze stiefvader als ‘echte’ vader. Het aandeel dat een stiefmoeder…

In contrast to previous, single-gender studies on step-parents’ participation in childcare, I use the pooled Generations and Gender Survey to address the following questions: (i) Is there a gender difference in the potential divergence in how childcare is organized in two-biological-parent and step-parent households…

Many children spend part of their childhood living in a step-family household. Recent Australian statistics suggest that around one in ten couple families contain resident step-children…