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Field name	Details
Nuova numerazione	84740
Collocazione	UPS BIBL CENTR SL-II-651
Vecchia numerazione	399380
Autore	FANG, C.
Titolo	Adolescents' experiences with ambiguity in postdivorce stepfamilies. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica	pp. 111-131.
Nota generale	Estratto da: Journal of Marriage and Family 2024, 86, 1.
Riassunto	Investigating what contributes to perceptions of ambiguity in stepfamily relationships among adolescents, and which strategies adolescents use to deal with ambiguity. Relational losses or acquisitions marked by ambiguity (i.e., ambiguous losses and gains) are taxing as they often evade resolution. The frequent assumption that family relationships in postdivorce stepfamilies are per se ambiguous has only received limited empirical foundation. Little is known about how adolescents experience ambiguity, how and why ambiguity emerges, and what strategies adolescents develop to deal with ambiguity. Semi-structured interviews with 30 Dutch adolescents (aged 16–20) living in diverse postdivorce stepfamilies were conducted. The data were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding. Relationships with stepparents, stepsiblings, and biological parents were especially likely to be experienced as ambiguous. Two key categories of reasons emerged that helped to explain the emergence of ambiguity: information (i.e., incomplete or contradictory knowledge about family relationships), and relationality (i.e., the ways in which family relationships were assessed and compared to each other). Results point towards potential chains of ambiguity in stepfamilies, and show that respondents compared their relations with constructed archetypes of stepparents. Ambiguity was common in postdivorce stepfamilies, yet mostly confined to relationships between adolescents and stepparents, stepsiblings, and biological parents. This suggests that, in stepfamilies, ambiguous gain might occur more frequently than ambiguous loss. The negative feelings associated with ambiguity might explain why many adolescents perceive living in stepfamilies as burdensome.
Tipo di documento	RICERCA.
Soggetto	PAESI BASSI.
	ADOLESCENTI.
	FAMIGLIA.
	DIVORZIO.
	RELAZIONE.
	GENITORI-FIGLI.
	STRESS.
	GENERE.
	STUDENTI.
Ambito	Psicologico
Autore Secondario	ZARTLER, U.
Titolo correlato	Journal of Marriage and Family 2024, 86, 1.
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Adolescents' experiences with ambiguity in postdivorce stepfamilies.