Deck 35: Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century

Question 1

______ may be better prepared for stepfamily living or marrying a partner with children.

A) Adults who experienced family cohesion
B) Adults who experienced family disruption as children
C) Adults who were previously married
D) Adults with children from previous relationships

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is true about children living with stepparents?

A) They tend to consider stepparents "fully" part of their family.
B) They do not tend to fare as well as those living with two married biological parents.
C) Stepfathers are as involved with biological children and stepchildren.
D) Stepfamilies and biological parent families tend to show similar economic well-being.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which theory posits that changes in family structure may result in conflict and disrupt effective parenting behaviors?

A) Environment Understanding Theory
B) Change and Movement Theory
C) Evolutionary Perspective
D) Stress and Instability Perspective

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Name and describe three of the five areas that Sweeney identifies as areas of improvement for the study of stepfamilies.

Question 5

According to Sweeney, why might more educated women be more likely to remarry?

A) More educated women do not value marriage as highly as less educated women.
B) Educated women are more likely to use financial resources from employment to remarry.
C) Education may make women more attractive to potential partners.
D) Employment may provide more opportunity to meet potential partners.

Question 6

What is the most common topic of argument among remarried people?

A) finances
B) childrearing
C) sex
D) ex-partner involvement

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT true about remarriage?

A) We know relatively little about risk factors for remarriage dissatisfaction.
B) Remarriages are more likely to end in separation or divorce within a decade compared to first marriages.
C) Remarriages typically have a longer duration than first marriages.
D) Marriage benefits such as better health are smaller in remarriages than first marriage.

Question 8

When asked about NOT desiring a new partner, widows most frequently cite ______ and widowers most frequently cite ______.

A) concerns about freedom; concerns about poor health or old age
B) concerns about poor health or old age; concerns about freedom
C) inability to find a compatible partner; concerns about adult children acceptance
D) concerns about adult children acceptance; inability to find a compatible partner

Question 9

Name three key areas of ambiguity regarding stepfamilies. What are other potential areas of ambiguity? Share an example from your own life, a friend's life, or media.

Question 10

Qualitative research shows considerable ______ in stepmother and stepchild dynamics.

A) variety
B) consistency
C) dislike
D) acceptance