PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stepfamily, Psy, Adoption

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 101D
• Professor: Jodi Anne Quas

Document Summary

Remarriages involving children has grown in recent years. Half of all children whose parents divorce will have a stepparent within four. Divorces occur at a 10% higher rate in remarriages than first marriages. By far largest number of stepfamilies are preceded by divorce rather than. Mother typically had custody of children and remarried. Both parents bring children from previous marriages adjust better than in complex families. Children in simple (step mother or step father) families for a number of years. More than 75% describe their relationship with stepfamily close or very close . Often have better relationships with their custodial parents than with. Children in stepfamilies show more adjustment problems than nondivorced stepparents. families. Approximately 33% of lesbian couples and 23% of gay couples are parents. There may be more than 1million gay parents today. Important aspect: sexual identity of parents at the time of child"s birth or.