Abstract
A content analysis was performed on 30 stepparenting articles published during the years 1961-1982 in five major parenting magazines. This was a period when, due primarily to the rising divorce rate, stepfamily formations increased. Chi-square analyses were used to determine if significant changes occurred in the number, content, and type of stepparenting articles appearing in the five magazines over this period. No significant shifts were found to occur. It was concluded that the popular literature dealing with stepparenting may be dependent on professional research for its growth and evolution. While not paralleling divorce and remarriage rates, the popular literature examined in this study did seem to reflect the quantity and content of the professional stepparenting literature.
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