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Author: Jensen, Todd M.
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1. Jensen, Todd M.
Shafer, Kevin M.
Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships
Social Work 58,2 (April 2013): 127-136.
Also: http://sw.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/2/127
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Keyword(s): Attitudes; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Divorce; Family Decision-making/Conflict; Family Structure; Fathers; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parenting Skills/Styles; Religion; Stepfamilies

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Current research on stepfamily well-being often overlooks the perspective of children, and deals primarily with factors as reported by the adults involved. The authors examine a number of family role characteristics, parental subsystem characteristics, and resources that might influence how children perceive the quality of their stepfamily relationships. A sample of 1,088 children in households with a mother and stepfather, ages 10 to 16 years, in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort—Children and Young Adult Sample, is used for the analyses. Results indicate that open communication between children and their mothers, low amounts of arguing between mothers and stepfathers, along with agreement on parenting, and gender, all affect the closeness children report having with their stepfathers. Conclusions, limitations, and clinical implications are discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Jensen, Todd M. and Kevin M. Shafer. "Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships." Social Work 58,2 (April 2013): 127-136.
2. Shafer, Kevin M.
Jensen, Todd M.
Remarital Chances, Choices, and Economic Consequences: Issues of Social and Personal Welfare
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 40,2 (2013): 6.
Also: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol40/iss2/6/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Western Michigan University School of Social Work
Keyword(s): Remarriage; Welfare

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Many divorced women experience a significant decline in financial, social, physical, and psychological well-being following a divorce. Using data from the NLSY79 (n= 2,520) we compare welfare recipients, mothers, and impoverished women to less marginalized divorcees on remarriage chances. Furthermore, we look at the kinds of men these women marry by focusing on the employment and education of new spouses. Finally, we address how remarriage and spousal quality (as defined by education and employment) impact economic well-being after divorce. Our results show that remarriage has positive economic effects, but that is dependent upon spousal quality. However, such matches are rare among divorced women with children and in poverty. The implications of our results for social welfare issues are discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Shafer, Kevin M. and Todd M. Jensen. "Remarital Chances, Choices, and Economic Consequences: Issues of Social and Personal Welfare." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 40,2 (2013): 6.