0 the man or woman who is married to someone's mother or father but who is not their real father or mother
Adoptive and stepparents participated but did not complete diagnostic interviews.
Half of the households included married biological parents, 10% had married stepparents, and one family included married adoptive parents.
Growing up with single parents and stepparents : long-term effects on family solidarity.
Other types of raters (stepparents, adoptive parents, or other guardians) provided ratings for less than 1% of the sample.
Family violence was split evenly between biological parents (46%) and parent - stepparent pairs (54%).
Obligations to stepparents acquired in later life : relationship quality and acuity of needs.
However, they were older than the other children and more likely to live in a single-parent or stepparent family.
Attitudes regarding obligations to assist an older parent or stepparent following later-life remarriage.
