Enduring negative psychological characteristics of male and female step-children toward the step-parent.

Many divorced people remarry, and if either one or both of the remarried partners has a child or children from a former marriage, then the youth need adjust to not only the new marital structure, but to the new step-parent as well. The present research was conducted to determine: (1) enduring negative psychological characteristics of male and female step-children toward the step-parent, and (2) a comparison of the similarities and/or differences of each. Results suggested ten of the most frequently stated variables of both subject groups, similarities or significant differences between them by subject status, and their relevancy to the step-child-step-parent relationship.