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A Risk and Resiliency Model of Ambiguous Loss in Postdivorce Stepfamilies

Pages 65-98 | Published online: 13 Nov 2009

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Braquel R. Egginton, Erin Kramer Holmes, Spencer C. James & Alan J. Hawkins. (2021) The Power of Three: A Latent Class Analysis of the Three Parent–Child Relationships in Stepfamilies and Their Influence on Emerging Adult Outcomes. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 62:5, pages 374-397.
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Kimberly A. Powell & Amber Sorenson. (2020) Ambiguous loss after shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma: parental management of dialectical contradictions of grief. Communication Quarterly 68:3, pages 243-264.
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Emily C. Brown & Angela D. Coker. (2019) Promoting the Resiliency of African American Teens Experiencing Ambiguous Loss. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work 44:4, pages 286-299.
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Kristen Carr & Jody Koenig Kellas. (2018) The Role of Family and Marital Communication in Developing Resilience to Family-of-Origin Adversity. Journal of Family Communication 18:1, pages 68-84.
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Sandra M. Metts, Paul Schrodt & Dawn O. Braithwaite. (2017) Stepchildren’s Communicative and Emotional Journey from Divorce to Remarriage: Predictors of Stepfamily Satisfaction. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 58:1, pages 29-43.
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Brandi N. Frisby, Sean M. Horan & Melanie Booth-Butterfield. (2016) The Role of Humor Styles and Shared Laughter in the Postdivorce Recovery Process. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 57:1, pages 56-75.
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Silvia Meggiolaro & Fausta Ongaro. (2014) Family contexts and adolescents' emotional status. Journal of Youth Studies 17:10, pages 1306-1329.
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Rebecca A. DiVerniero. (2013) Children of Divorce and their Nonresidential Parent's Family: Examining Perceptions of Communication Accommodation. Journal of Family Communication 13:4, pages 301-320.
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Sandra Metts, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt, Tiffany R. Wang, Amanda J. Holman, Audra K. Nuru & Jenna Stephenson Abetz. (2013) The Experience and Expression of Stepchildren's Emotions at Critical Events in Stepfamily Life. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 54:5, pages 414-437.
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TaraG. McManus & Jon Nussbaum. (2011) Ambiguous Divorce-Related Communication, Relational Closeness, Relational Satisfaction, and Communication Satisfaction. Western Journal of Communication 75:5, pages 500-522.
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Anthony J. Faber & Andrea K. Wittenborn. (2010) The Role of Attachment in Children's Adjustment to Divorce and Remarriage. Journal of Family Psychotherapy 21:2, pages 89-104.
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JenniferJ. Bute & TennleyA. Vik. (2010) Privacy Management as Unfinished Business: Shifting Boundaries in the Context of Infertility. Communication Studies 61:1, pages 1-20.
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Tamara D. Afifi, Walid A. Afifi & Amanda Coho. (2009) Adolescents' Physiological Reactions to Their Parents' Negative Disclosures About the Other Parent in Divorced and Nondivorced Families. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 50:8, pages 517-540.
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Judy C. Pearson, M. F. Casper, Jeffrey T. Child & Kerri Spiering. (2008) Family Problem Solving: A Comparative Study of Adult Children in Puerto Rico and the Upper Midwest. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 37:3, pages 139-156.
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Susan L. Hutchinson, Tamara Afifi & Stephanie Krause. (2007) The Family that Plays Together Fares Better. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 46:3-4, pages 21-48.
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DawnO. Braithwaite & LeslieA. Baxter. (2006) “You're My Parent but You're Not”: Dialectical Tensions in Stepchildren's Perceptions About Communicating with the Nonresidential Parent . Journal of Applied Communication Research 34:1, pages 30-48.
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Caroline Sanner. (2023) Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets: A reflection on the private motivations behind efforts to humanize family complexity. Journal of Family Theory & Review 15:2, pages 259-275.
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Katherine R. Allen & Abbie E. Goldberg. (2021) Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID‐19. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 48:3, pages 845-860.
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Kyong Ah Kim, Hyein Chang, Jin Yong Jun & Jin Pyo Hong. (2019) A Grounded Theory Study on the Ambiguous Loss Experience of North Korean Defectors. The Korean Journal of Psychology: General 38:4, pages 699-735.
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Alisha M. Hardman, Emily H. Becher, Ellie McCann, Sharon E. Powell, Jennifer Garbow, Neeraj Rajasekar & Mary S. Marczak. (2019) Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Divorce Education: Connecting Program Theory and Curricular Content. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.
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I‐Jun Chen, Hailun Zhang, Bingsi Wei & Zeyao Guo. (2018) The model of children's social adjustment under the gender‐roles absence in single‐parent families. International Journal of Psychology 54:3, pages 316-324.
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倩 赵. (2019) A Review of Studies on the Influence of Stepfamily on Adolescent Social Development. Advances in Psychology 09:05, pages 896-903.
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Eric J. Green, Amie C. Myrick & Patricia Boylen. (2017) TREATING NON-ABUSED SIBLINGS AFFECTED BY INTRAFAMILIAL TRAUMA. Commonwealth Youth and Development 14:2, pages 38-56.
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Siobhán C. Daly, Pádriag MacNeela & Kiran M. Sarma. (2015) When Parents Separate and One Parent ‘Comes Out’ as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual: Sons and Daughters Engage with the Tension that Occurs When Their Family Unit Changes. PLOS ONE 10:12, pages e0145491.
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Brandi N. Frisby, Melanie Booth-Butterfield, Megan R. Dillow, Matthew M. Martin & Keith D. Weber. (2012) Face and resilience in divorce. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 29:6, pages 715-735.
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Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques, Sylvie Drapeau, Claudine Parent & Élisabeth Godbout. (2013) Recomposition familiale, parentalité et beau-parentalité. Nouvelles pratiques sociales 25:1, pages 107-135.
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Jenna Nobles. (2011) Parenting From Abroad: Migration, Nonresident Father Involvement, and Children's Education in Mexico. Journal of Marriage and Family 73:4, pages 729-746.
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Gina Miranda Samuels. (2009) Ambiguous loss of home: The experience of familial (im)permanence among young adults with foster care backgrounds. Children and Youth Services Review 31:12, pages 1229-1239.
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Tamara D. Afifi, Susan Hutchinson & Stephanie Krouse. (2006) Toward a Theoretical Model of Communal Coping in Postdivorce Families and Other Naturally Occurring Groups. Communication Theory 16:3, pages 378-409.
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PAUL SCHRODT. (2006) The Stepparent Relationship Index: Development, validation, and associations with stepchildren’s perceptions of stepparent communication competence and closeness. Personal Relationships 13:2, pages 167-182.
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