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Keshet, Jamie Kelem – Journal of Family Issues, 1980
As subsystems within the stepfamily structure compete for limited resources, conflicts arise among subsystems and within subsystems among persons with membership in different subunits. Stepfamilies can become more unified through recognition of prior loyalties, negotiations to resolve conflicts, and techniques to redefine the boundaries between…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Problems