Editors Gianesini and Blair present a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles investigating the transformation of family through separation, divorce, and remarrying. The editors have organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in three parts devoted to marriage, remarriage, and stepfamilies; the long term consequences of divorce on offspring; and divorce characteristics and prevalence from a multicultural perspective. Giovanna Gianesini is a faculty member of the University of Bologna, Italy. Sampson Lee Blair is a faculty member of the State University of New York, Buffalo.
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Edited by Giovanna Gianesini, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Sampson Lee Blair, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

SECTION I: MARRIAGE, REMARRIAGE AND STEPFAMILIES A Profile of Later Life Marriages: Comparisons by Gender and Marriage Order - Teresa M. Cooney, Christine M. Proulx and Linley A. Snyder-Rivas Salient Themes of Remarriage in the “Young-Old” Years - Nicole A. Graves Mothers’ Dating After Divorce - Michael R. Langlais, Edward R. Anderson and Shannon M. Greene Exploring the Complexity of Step-grandparent-Step-grandchild Relationships - Ashton Chapman, Caroline Sanner, Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman, Luke Russell, Youngjin Kang and Sarah Mitchell The Role of Stepfathers in Families Receiving Support from Child Protective Services - Claudine Parent, Caroline Robitaille, Marie-Christine Fortin and Anne Avril SECTION II: LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE ON OFFSPRING Factors Affecting Adolescent Risk-Taking in Stepfather Families - Cassandra Dorius and Karen Benjamin Guzzo Consequences of Parental Divorce During the Transition to Adulthood: The Practical Origins of Ongoing Distress - Mick Cunningham and Janelee Waldock Divorcing Commitment: Examining the Role of Parental Divorce in Undergraduates’ Friends with Benefits Relationships - Christina L. Scott, Joanne M. Hash, Phoebe Stevens and Tiffani Tejada Exploring How Parental Divorce Provides Meaning to Personal Development and Interpersonal Experiences Among Emerging Adult Women - Kayla Reed, Trent S. Parker, Mallory Lucier-Greer and Marsha L. Rehm Coparenting in the Digital Era: Exploring Divorced Parents’ Use of Technology - Jodi Dworkin, Ellie Mccann and Jenifer K. Mcguire SECTION III: DIVORCE CHARACTERISTICS AND PREVALENCE FROM A MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Social Research of Divorce in USSR and Russia - Vladimir V. Solodnikov Influence of Work Obligations on Family Commitment Among Couples in the Private Sector in Kwara State - Olufemi Adeniyi Fawole and Oluwakemi Ogunbowale The Extended Family: Disharmony and Divorce in Korea - Yean-Ju Lee Marital Status and the Influence of Emphasized Femininity on the Romantic Relationships of Tamil Single Mothers in Malaysia - Premalatha Karupiah The Prevalence and Determinants of Remarriage in Bangladesh - Mohammad Mainul Islam, Mohammad Sazzad Hasan, Mohammad Bellal Hossain and Tehmina Ghafur