Bonding and Bridging Social Capital in Step- and First-Time Families and the Issue of Family Boundaries

Abstract: Divorce and remarriage usually imply a redefinition of family boundaries, with consequences for the production and availability of social capital. This research shows that bonding and bridging social capitals are differentially made available by families. It first hypothesizes that bridging social capital is more likely to be developed in stepfamilies, and bonding social capital in first-time families. Second, the boundaries of family configurations are expected to vary within stepfamilies and within first-time families creating a diversity of family configurations within both structures. Third, in both cases, social capital is expected to depend on the ways in which their family boundaries are set up by individuals by including or excluding ex-partners, new partner's children, siblings, and other family ties. The study is based on a sample of 300 female respondents who have at least one child of their own between 5 and 13 years, 150 from a stepfamily structure and 150 from a first.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/3405

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Bonding and Bridging Social Capital in Step- and First-Time Families and the Issue of Family Boundaries ; volume:8 ; number:1 ; day:27 ; month:06 ; year:2014 ; Interpersona ; 8, Heft 1 (27.06.2014)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Gaëlle Aeby ; Eric D. Widmer ; Ivan De Carlo

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.149
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101418513100787263
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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