ABSTRACT

Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage is the first book to look thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the theoretical framework. For each phase of the cycle, the author describes the stages of development, summarises the relevant research and illustrates the effects on family members with case examples.

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction: the post-nuclear family

chapter 2|24 pages

The family as a system

chapter 3|18 pages

The family as a system

chapter 4|30 pages

Families through the divorce process

chapter 5|20 pages

Families through the divorce process

chapter 6|26 pages

Becoming a stepfamily: starting out

chapter 7|18 pages

Becoming a stepfamily: getting it together

chapter 8|26 pages

Children during divorce and remarriage

chapter 12|26 pages

Afterword