The Recent Use of Theory Within Stepparent and Adolescent Relationship Research

Abstract

Forty two empirical studies over a 10 year period, on stepparenting adolescents, were assessed regarding their usage of theory. Although a majority of the authors responsible for the evaluated articles utilized some type of theory in their studies, 50% did not employ theory explicitly in either the introduction or discussion sections. Systems the ory and role theory, were the most frequent explicitly used perspectives. The findings of this study suggest that the link between theory and re search in family studies, more specifically in regard to stepfamilies and adolescents, needs more attention and focus. The authors of this article recommend future researchers utilize theories more explicitly to guide and connect ideas in regard to their empirical studies.

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