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Who Are the People in Your Family?

Stepmothers' Diverse Notions of Kinship

Pages 83-105 | Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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Anna Miller, Claire Cartwright & Kerry Gibson. (2017) Stepmothers’ Perceptions and Experiences of the Wicked Stepmother Stereotype. Journal of Family Issues 39:7, pages 1984-2006.
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Gaëlle Aeby, Eric D. Widmer & Ivan De Carlo. (2014) Bonding and Bridging Social Capital in Step- and First-Time Families and the Issue of Family Boundaries. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships 8:1, pages 51-69.
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Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence Ganong & Luke T. Russell. 2013. Handbook of Family Resilience. Handbook of Family Resilience 85 103 .
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Lawrence H. Ganong, Marilyn Coleman & Tyler Jamison. (2011) Patterns of Stepchild-Stepparent Relationship Development. Journal of Marriage and Family 73:2, pages 396-413.
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Patricia Hart. (2009) On Becoming a Good Enough Stepmother. Clinical Social Work Journal 37:2, pages 128-139.
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Shannon E. WeaverMarilyn Coleman. (2016) A mothering but not a mother role: A grounded theory study of the nonresidential stepmother role. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 22:4, pages 477-497.
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