Factors that contribute to satisfaction or dissatisfaction in stepfather-stepchild relationships

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 25-35

  Everett, Lou Whichard ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pitt County Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Individual psychotherapy; Marital therapy; Qualitative research; Stepchildren; Stepfathers; Stepmothers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIVORCE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIVORCE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE;

EID: 0032056129     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1998.tb01224.x     Document Type: Article

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