Repercussions of Parenthood in Marital Relations of Remarried Couples: Revelations of Stepmothers

Abstract A qualitative research was carried out with the objective of investigating the experience of stepmothers about conjugality in remarriage. A total of 16 stepmothers participated in the study. The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the content analysis method. Six categories emerged from the content analysis: the stepmother’s place within the family; stepmother denomination; conjugality in remarriage; stepmother-stepchild dyad; stepmother-stepchild-mother triad; and psychic generation. This article presents and discusses the category conjugality in remarriage, unfolded in the subcategories conjugality crossed by the parenthood and repercussions of the previous conjugality in the current conjugality. It was found that the construction of conjugality is influenced by aspects related to the exercise of parenthood and to the previous conjugal relationship.