Understanding the Step-sibling Relationship Through Bibliometric-visualization and Narrative Analysis

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the dynamics of step-sibling relationship and its acceptance in families whose parents remarried after divorce. The study implemented qualitative systematic review research method to study on step-siblings from 2000 to 2020 (n =19 corpus; range of participants =11-33 years old). The corpus protocol used PRISMA diagrams, and the mapping was using PoP7 and VOS viewer software. The results of the bibliometric-visualization analysis revealed that eight large clusters were found in the study of step-sibling and remarriage families. Step-sibling studies were associated with family functions, processes, feelings, and family images, but not directly with studies on parental divorce and remarriage. While the narrative analysis explained qualitatively that the form of a step-sibling relationship affected conflict development in post-divorce remarried families. Step-sibling relationship was influenced by the child's acceptance of new family. The factors influencing the child's acceptance of the new family structure were related to need fulfilment, age, sex, and intrapsychic condition.