Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
First Advisor
Marilyn Patterson
Second Advisor
Pamela Nickels
Third Advisor
Terry Freerks
Abstract
The relationship between coping effectiveness of step-parenting and length of marriage was examined for 30 stepmothers. Participants included stepmothers in St. Louis and St. Louis County who volunteered to complete the Coping Response Inventory and a cover/survey letter that contained demographic questions. Where it was predicted that there would be no relationship between coping effectiveness and length of marriage, it was found that length of time remarried does affect coping effectiveness in stepmothers in that the type of coping style used changes with length of time remarried.
Recommended Citation
Rudden, Bonnie M., "A Study of the Relationship Between Coping Effectiveness in Stepmothers and the Length of Their Marriage" (1996). Theses. 1367.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1367
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