Kompara, R. D. (1980). Difficulties in the Socialization Process of Stepparenting. Family Relations, 29, 69-73. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/583718
The author in this article has taken different pieces of literature found during the time regarding the empirical data surrounding stepfamilies. In his conclusion the author stated that there wasn’t a lot of data on the subject so they had no real “solution” to help the convergence of stepfamilies but did note that more research should be done on the matter. They did bring up some points as to how age, titles and even gender affect stepfamilies in how they assimilate, but is a very “numbers” driven article and the author focuses only on bringing to light the literature of others …show more content…
The author is spewing off facts and numbers and only giving little opinion to how those numbers affect families or how they can help. Despite that fact that there isn’t much research done on the subject at the time, the paper would have been more effective if the author could have come up with an actual solution to how stepfamilies can work around the stigma of that title and become a more cohesive unit and work towards better socialization. Overall, the paper could have included more personal research and provided more theories to be a more effective call to action for the cause.
Giles-Sims, J., & Finkelhor, F. (1984). Child Abuse in Stepfamilies. Family Relation, 33, 407-413. Retrieved from Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/584711
This article tries to understand the correlation of …show more content…
Each parent may discipline the children differently and how they do that affects their personality. The study is very thorough and factors in different things that can affect a child’s personality in a family besides just the parenting, such as their problematic type behavior and marital discord. This study tested how the rearing process affected the child and led to their later alcohol use, drug use, etc. They expected children who were in stepfamilies, which were those likely to receive different degrees of “warmth” from the different parents, were the children that were most likely to develop these bad habits. They tested all of their theories using MANOVAS and it looks like it was a sound technique for their process since there were so many different variables to include, such as: alcohol use, marijuana use, deviance, and warmth/support, conflict/negativity, monitoring/control, exposure to marital discord from the mother or father for all siblings involved in the study. These variable continued to be tested on many different family types and against a variety of many other variables within family dynamics and behavior to increase the amount of results they would get which made the paper that much more effective. This paper is so well done they even take the time to explain some discussions that may come from the study and how to properly apply this
The author in this article has taken different pieces of literature found during the time regarding the empirical data surrounding stepfamilies. In his conclusion the author stated that there wasn’t a lot of data on the subject so they had no real “solution” to help the convergence of stepfamilies but did note that more research should be done on the matter. They did bring up some points as to how age, titles and even gender affect stepfamilies in how they assimilate, but is a very “numbers” driven article and the author focuses only on bringing to light the literature of others …show more content…
The author is spewing off facts and numbers and only giving little opinion to how those numbers affect families or how they can help. Despite that fact that there isn’t much research done on the subject at the time, the paper would have been more effective if the author could have come up with an actual solution to how stepfamilies can work around the stigma of that title and become a more cohesive unit and work towards better socialization. Overall, the paper could have included more personal research and provided more theories to be a more effective call to action for the cause.
Giles-Sims, J., & Finkelhor, F. (1984). Child Abuse in Stepfamilies. Family Relation, 33, 407-413. Retrieved from Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/584711
This article tries to understand the correlation of …show more content…
Each parent may discipline the children differently and how they do that affects their personality. The study is very thorough and factors in different things that can affect a child’s personality in a family besides just the parenting, such as their problematic type behavior and marital discord. This study tested how the rearing process affected the child and led to their later alcohol use, drug use, etc. They expected children who were in stepfamilies, which were those likely to receive different degrees of “warmth” from the different parents, were the children that were most likely to develop these bad habits. They tested all of their theories using MANOVAS and it looks like it was a sound technique for their process since there were so many different variables to include, such as: alcohol use, marijuana use, deviance, and warmth/support, conflict/negativity, monitoring/control, exposure to marital discord from the mother or father for all siblings involved in the study. These variable continued to be tested on many different family types and against a variety of many other variables within family dynamics and behavior to increase the amount of results they would get which made the paper that much more effective. This paper is so well done they even take the time to explain some discussions that may come from the study and how to properly apply this