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Using a vignette approach that incorporates both qualitative and quantitative methodology, these researchers investigated the incomplete institutionalization hypothesis and the social stigma hypothesis as they relate to cultural perceptions of stepparent roles. Two studies were conducted; data were collected from 435 college students. The results neither clearly supported nor refuted the incomplete institutionalization hypothesis, and it was cautiously concluded that the social stigma hypothesis received limited support, and then only for stepmothers.
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