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Embracing Stability and Satisfaction in Remarriage
Embracing Stability and Satisfaction in Remarriage is a research-based workbook geared at making remarriage stable and satisfactory after experiencing divorce. Rev. Joseph Kabali, Ph.D. saw many young and middle age parents going through divorce, then remarrying for a short time but subsequently divorcing over and over again, while others stayed remarried but were unhappy. He decided to create a more accessible and easy-to-read book, allowing people to learn about the factors that infl uence stability and satisfaction in remarriage. Included are research participants who shared their experiences and words of wisdom that could help others establish stable and satisfactory remarriages. Readers will be able to identify and conceptualize the factors that infl uence remarriage stability and satisfaction, as well as the interconnectedness of those factors.
336 pages, ebook
Published March 29, 2019
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This workbook is based on a research study that I conducted for my dissertation in a doctoral program in family psychology. Some parts of the dissertation have been omitted or modified and others added.
Kelley and Burg (2000, p. 139) recommended, “Settle as many issues as you can before you get married. It is easier to separate an egg before you scramble it.”
Therefore, this book is focused on custodial parents contemplating heterosexual remarriage and/or currently living in a heterosexual remarriage. Based on the scope and findings of the research study on which this book is based, this book does not directly address the specific needs of other individuals (e.g., those who remarry after the death of a spouse, noncustodial parents, and partners who do not have any children from the previous marriage).
The primary factors (mentioned by more than 8 participants) were: integral maturity, knowledge of the complexity of remarriage, finances, collaborative parenting, sexuality, communication, spirituality, and professional help.
The secondary factors (shared by fewer than 8 participants) were: marital history, motivations for remarriage, dating, house rules and roles, conflict resolution, clear boundaries, cohabitation, and permanent sites for professional remarriage services.
Children are profoundly affected by the levels of their custodial parents’ marital stability and satisfaction (LeBey, 2004; Walsh, 1992).
This workbook is based on a research study that I conducted for my dissertation in a doctoral program in family psychology. Some parts of the dissertation have been omitted or modified and others added.
Kelley and Burg (2000, p. 139) recommended, “Settle as many issues as you can before you get married. It is easier to separate an egg before you scramble it.”
Therefore, this book is focused on custodial parents contemplating heterosexual remarriage and/or currently living in a heterosexual remarriage. Based on the scope and findings of the research study on which this book is based, this book does not directly address the specific needs of other individuals (e.g., those who remarry after the death of a spouse, noncustodial parents, and partners who do not have any children from the previous marriage).
The primary factors (mentioned by more than 8 participants) were: integral maturity, knowledge of the complexity of remarriage, finances, collaborative parenting, sexuality, communication, spirituality, and professional help.
The secondary factors (shared by fewer than 8 participants) were: marital history, motivations for remarriage, dating, house rules and roles, conflict resolution, clear boundaries, cohabitation, and permanent sites for professional remarriage services.
Children are profoundly affected by the levels of their custodial parents’ marital stability and satisfaction (LeBey, 2004; Walsh, 1992).
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