Validating the Remarriage Belief Inventory as a Dyadic Measure for Stepcouples

Garneau, Chelsea; Adler‐Baeder, Francesca; Higginbotham, Brian J.

doi:10.1177/0192513x13511954

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“…This 22-item instrument assesses spouses’ adherence to seven dominant social narratives about stepfamilies. This acceptance of these unrealistic or inconsistent beliefs has been found to be predictors of marital discord, disappointment and frustration, and a lower reporting of stepfamily satisfaction (Garneau, Adler-Baeder & Higginbotham, 2016; Higginbotham & Adler-Baeder (2005). The seven beliefs, and subscales, include: The past stays in the past. Stepfamilies are inferior. Success is slim. Children are the priority. New partner is perfect. Finances should be pooled. Adjustment comes quickly. …”

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Assessment of Stepfamily Marriages

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2017

The Family Journal

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Given the ongoing rise in the numbers of stepfamily constellations in 21st-century society, and given the identified challenges and resultant dissolution rates of these families, clinicians who wish to be of clinical service to stepfamilies require information about the most recent standardized measures for stepfamily assessment. These measures can be divided into those assessments pertaining to issues and patterns of stepparenting and those measures attending to marital dynamics. This article will present psychometric information about two measures of stepfamily marital functioning along with recommendations for the efficacious therapeutic use of each measure.

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Section: Assessment Of the Stepfamily Marital Dyadmentioning

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Assessment of Stepfamily Marriages

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2017

The Family Journal

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“…Cohesion was lower for men who believed that children are the priority and that success is slim . More recently, the RMBI was validated as a dyadic measure for stepcouples (Garneau et al., ). This now allows for the important next step of testing theory and assessing dyadic influences of beliefs about remarriages and stepfamilies on couple processes and outcomes.…”

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“…As a valid dyadic measure (Garneau et al., ), the RMBI can be used to assess actor–partner effects. Actor–Partner Interdependence Models (APIM) account for the interdependence in multiperson steprelationships.…”

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“…The endorsement of dysfunctional beliefs and unrealistic expectations have long been purported to negatively impact remarriage and stepfamily relationships (see Coleman & Ganong, , ; Walsh, ). These assertions have not abated over the years and are widely accepted (i.e., Claxton‐Oldfield, ; Deal & Olson, ), which has led to calls for empirical research to document pathways and processes by which cognitions may be associated with couple relationships in remarriages (Garneau, Adler‐Baeder, & Higginbotham, ).…”

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“…Initial work was done to validate the Remarriage Belief Inventory (RMBI)—a measure for stepfamily‐specific beliefs for individuals (Higginbotham & Adler‐Baeder, ) and to assess the relationships between these beliefs and an individual's assessment of marital quality (Higginbotham & Adler‐Baeder, ; Higginbotham & Agee, ). Most recently, the RMBI has been validated for use with stepcouple dyads (Garneau et al., ). An important next step is the examination of actor–partner effects of remarriage beliefs in a sample of stepfamily couples.…”

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Remarriage Beliefs as Predictors of Marital Quality and Positive Interaction in Stepcouples: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Model

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Using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, we examined remarriage beliefs as predictors of marital quality and positive interaction in a sample of 179 stepcouples. Three beliefs were measured using subscales from the Remarriage Belief Inventory (RMBI) including success is slim, children are the priority, and finances should be pooled. Several significant actor and partner effects were found for both wives' and husbands' beliefs. Wives' marital quality was positively associated with their own beliefs that finances should be pooled and negatively associated with their own beliefs that success is slim. Wives' reports of their own and spouses' positive interaction were both positively associated with their beliefs that finances should be pooled. Their reports of spouses' positive interaction were also negatively associated with husbands' beliefs that success is slim. Husbands' marital quality was positively associated with wives' beliefs that children are the priority, positively associated with their own beliefs that finances should be pooled, and negatively with success is slim. Positive interaction for husbands was positively associated with wives' beliefs that finances should be pooled and negatively associated with their own beliefs that success is slim. Finally, husbands' reports of positive interaction for their spouses were positively associated with wives' beliefs that finances should be pooled. Implications for future research utilizing dyadic data analysis with stepcouples are addressed.

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