KAY PASLEY is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has authored two books and numerous chapters on stepparenting, and her articles have appeared in journals such as Family Relations, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and the Journal of Marriage and the Family.MARILYN IHINGER-TALLMAN is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Washington State University, Pullman. She has published two books and numerous articles on remarriage and stepparenting.

• Preface Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Making Progress in Understanding by Kay Pasley, Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, and Amy Lofquist A Multidimensional Cognitive-Developmental Model of Stepfamily Adjustment by Mark A. Fine and Lawrence A. Kurdek Comparison of Implication of the Justice and Care Perspectives for Theories of Remarriage and Stepparenting by Jean Giles-Sims Marital Quality and Marital Stability in Remarriage and Multiple Remarriages: A Test of Lewis and Spanier's Hypothesis by Kay Pasley and Eric Sandras Role Integration and Marital Adjustment in Stepfather Families by James H. Bray, Sandra H. Berger, and Carol L. Boethel Adolescent Stepchild-Stepparent Relationships: Changes Over Time by Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman Stepmothers and Their Adolescent Children: Adjustment to New Family Roles by Donna Quick, Patrick C. McKenry, and Barbara M. Newman Former Spouse Relations and Noncustodial Father Involvement During Marital and Family Transitions: A Closer Look at Remarriage Following Divorce by Cheryl Buehler and Catherine Ryan Toward a Cognitive Dissonance Conceptualization of Stepchild-Biological Children Loyalty Conflicts: A Construct Validity Study by W. Glenn Clingempeel, John J. Coylar, and E. Mavis Hetherington Treating Stepfamilies: Alternatives to Traditional Family Therapy by Scott Browning The Interface Between Stepparent Families and Schools: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice by Margaret Crosbie-Burnett Stepparents and the Law: A Nebulous Status and Need for Reform by Sarah H. Ramsey Building Bridges: Reflections on Theory, Research, and Practice by Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman and Kay Pasley References