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The rising divorce rate and the high incidence of remarriage among both divorced and widowed persons has resulted in the stepfamily becoming an increasingly common family form in our modern society. The problems of integration of families that include children from the parents’ prior marriages is one of increasing importance to clinicians.
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Ransom, J.W., Schlesinger, S., Derdeyn, A.P. (1979). A Stepfamily in Formation. In: Moos, R.H. (eds) Coping with Life Crises. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7021-5_12
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