‘Feeling Caught’ in Stepfamilies: Managing Boundary Turbulence through Appropriate Communication Privacy Rules

By Tamara D. Afifi. 2003

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Subfields: Demography, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Caught in the middle: Mothers in stepfamilies (2010, background): “This feeling of being caught in the middle is analogous to what Affifi (2003) found with biological parents in stepfamilies often being “messengers” of information between their children and their spouses (the stepparents).”
Inappropriate Parental Divorce Disclosures, the Factors that Prompt them, and their Impact on Parents’ and Adolescents’ Well-Being (2007, background): “Because children of divorce also avoid talking about their parents’ relationship and the disclosures that make them feel uncomfortable (Afifi, 2003; Afifi & Schrodt, 2003a; Golish & Caughlin, 2002), parents may be unaware that their disclosures are distressful for their children (Afifi, 2003;…”
Avoidance among adolescents in conversations about their parents’ relationship: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2009, background): “In particular, T. Afifi and colleagues (for review, see T. Afifi, 2003; T. Afifi, Coho, & McManus, in press) have consistently shown the parents’ relationship to be a topic that is especially sensitive in parent-adolescent relationships.”
“You're My Parent but You're Not”: Dialectical Tensions in Stepchildren's Perceptions About Communicating with the Nonresidential Parent (2006, background): “In particular, researchers have examined the parent-stepparent-child triangle (e.g., Afifi, 2003; Cissna, Cox, & Bochner, 1990), the stepparent-child relationship (e.g., Baxter, Braithwaite, Bryant, & Wagner, 2004), and stepfamily rituals (e.g., Braithwaite, Baxter, & Harper, 1998).”
Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory (2013, background): “…of Tammy Afifi’s work has contributed significantly to an understanding of numerous family privacy management challenges and to the way CPM can guide inquiry (e.g., Afifi, 2003; Afifi, Joseph, & Aldeis, 2008; Afifi, McManus, Hutchinson, & Baker, 2007; Afifi & Steuber, 2009; Afifi & Steuber, 2010).”
Seeking Information About Sexual Health: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2006, background): “T. D. Afifi (2003) has also noted the importance of coping efficacy in children’s adjustment to divorce.”
Communication Processes that Predict Young Adults’ Feelings of Being Caught and their Associations with Mental Health and Family Satisfaction (2007, background): “Such feelings typically emerge when children become privy to their parents’ conflict, are the recipients of negative or inappropriate disclosures, and when they become messengers or mediators of information (Afifi, 2003; Afifi, Coho, & McManus, 2007; Koerner, Wallace, Lehman, & Raymond, 2002).”