Many states restrict adoption rights to same-sex couples.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 2Never-married mothers tend to receive less social support than do widows.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 3Single-parent families created through divorce are increasing at the highest rate of all types of single-parent families.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 4Our culture is still ambivalent about divorce and tends to consider divorce-induced, single-parent families as somewhat deviant.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5In Marsiglio's study (2004), he identified properties of the claiming process for stepfathers. Which of the following is a property of this process?
a. The degree of deliberativeness
b. The degree to which they have and use opportunities to be involved across a range of parental behaviors
c. The degree to which they find themselves thinking about, mindful of, or daydreaming about their stepchildren in ways that biological fathers do
d. All of the answers are correct.
Ques. 6All of the following are commonly associated with stepfathers except:
a. the process of paternal claiming is when the stepfather embraces stepchildren as if they were his own biological children.
b. in paternal claiming, there is a two-way process that involves developing an identity as father and also being helped by stepmothers and children to have a sense of oneness as a family.
c. stepfathers are more often associated with role ambiguity and confusion that takes time to work out for the family as a whole.
d. stepfathers as a whole are associated with greater levels of open communication and warmth than stepmothers within a family.
Ques. 7Conflict in stepfamilies distinguished from conflict in traditional nuclear families is likely to center on which of the following issues?
a. Favoritism
b. Personal conflicts
c. Unified loyalty
d. Objectivity
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