Empty ritual: Young-adult stepchildren's perceptions of the remarriage ceremony

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-487

  Baxter, Leslie A ^a   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^b   Kellas, Jody Koenig ^b   LeClair Underberg, Cassandra ^c   Normand, Emily Lamb ^d   Routsong, Tracy ^e   Thatcher, Matthew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family ritual; Relational dialectics; Remarriage ceremony; Stepfamily

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149119470     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509350872     Document Type: Article

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