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An Evaluation of the Remarriage and Stepfamily Self-Help Literature
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The purpose of this study was to critique inprint, post-1990 copyrighted stepfamily self-help books in order to provide guidance to helping professionals who work with these complex families. Of the 63 books reviewed, trained coders were able to strongly recommend 13 books for being well organized, for relying on clinical or empirical sources of information, and for offering practical and concrete advice specific enough for stepfamity members to implement.
Key Words: remarriage, self-help, stepfamilies.
Self-help books have been described as "a firm part of the fabric of American culture, too pervasive and influential to be ignored or lightly dismissed, and certainly …
