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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Crapo, J. Scott
• Turner, Joshua J.
• Bradford, Kay
• Higginbotham, Brian J.

Titel

An Actor‐Partner interdependence model of parenting difficulties over time in stepfamilies

Ist Teil von

• Family process, 2023-06, Vol.62 (2), p.653-670

Ort / Verlag

United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Little research has examined the potential spillover of parenting difficulties in the coparental stepfamily subsystem. Using family systems theory as a guide, we longitudinally examined: (a) whether early parenting difficulties within stepfamilies persist 1 year later and (b) whether the parenting difficulties experienced by one partner impact the parenting difficulties of the other partner within remarriages. Copies of marriage licenses were used to identify remarried individuals. Surveys were mailed out, with follow‐up surveys mailed a year later, resulting in a sample of 676 remarried couples (the majority of which were White and college educated). The sample was split into three groups, according to stepfamily constellation: (a) families with a stepfather and biological mother; (b) families with a biological father and a stepmother; and (c) families with both stepfathers and stepmothers. We estimated three different actor‐partner interdependence models (APIM), one for each group. Consistent with family systems theory, our findings showed that parenting and stepparenting difficulties were interrelated, though gendered in effect. All parenting and stepparenting difficulties displayed actor effects, suggesting that parenting difficulties persist 1 year later. However, the only cross‐spouse influences (partner effects) were such that the mother's parenting difficulties (of her own biological children) were predicted by the father's parenting and stepparenting difficulties, and these differed by stepfamily constellation. Implications regarding gendered expectations, the importance of the coparenting subsystem in stepfamilies, early establishment of parental boundaries, and the (potentially important) inclusion of the stepfather in the parenting dynamics are discussed. 很少有研究考察再婚家庭中父母面对继子继女养育困难的潜在溢出效应。以家庭系统理论为指导，我们纵向考察: (a)再婚家庭中的早期养育困难是否在一年后仍然存在; (b)再婚家庭中，一方经历的养育困难是否影响另一方的育儿困难。结婚证的复印件被用来识别再婚的人。调查通过邮寄的方式进行，一年后又通过邮寄的方式进行了后续调查，结果得出了676对再婚夫妇的样本(其中大多数是白人，受过大学教育)。根据再婚家庭的分布情况，样本被分成三组: (a)有继父和生母的家庭; (b)有生父和继母的家庭; (c)有继父和继母的家庭。我们估计了三个不同的行动者‐对象相互依赖模型(APIM)，每个组一个。与家庭系统理论相一致的是，研究发现表明，养育子女和继父或继母的困难是相互关联的，尽管在效果上存在性别差异。所有的养育孩子和继父育儿困难都表现出行动者效应，这表明育儿困难在一年后仍然存在。然而，唯一的跨配偶影响(伴侣效应)是这样的: 母亲的养育困难(她自己的亲生子女)被父亲的养育和继父母的困难所预测，而且这些困难因再婚重组家庭的组成而不同。本文讨论了有关性别期望、再婚家庭中共同养育子系统的重要性、父母界限的早期建立以及将继父纳入育儿动态的(潜在的重要)影响。.