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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Coming Together: Remarriage and Stepparenting

Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

1.

identify trends relating to remarriage and stepfamilies.

2.

discuss various factors in relation to remarriage:
  • types of remarried families
  • divorce and success in remarriage
  • courtship and mate selection in remarriage
  • finances
  • jealousy toward ex-spouse
  • remarriage and marital satisfaction

3.

describe differences between primary families and stepfamilies.

4.

discuss the major challenges in stepparent-stepchild relationships.

5.

identify the effects on children of parents' cohabiting before remarriage.

6.

discuss basic information about stepsibling relationships.








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