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Remarriage after Divorce: Dissolution and Reconstruction of Family Boundaries
Author(s) -
Walker Kennet N.,
Messinger Lillian
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1979.00185.x
Subject(s) - remarriage , perspective (graphical) , psychology , sociology , political science , law , geometry , mathematics
Remarriage is analyzed from the perspective of family boundaries and roles. The nuclear and remarriage family models are compared, and the process that begins with the formation of the first‐marriage nuclear family and ends with the formation of a second‐marriage family is conceptualized in terms of changing family boundaries and roles. Discussions with remarriage group members provide concrete illustrations of this process and suggest solutions to some of the problems confronting remarriage family members.