THE MEANING OF THE SELF-IMAGE OF THE STEPMOTHER WITHOUT CHILDREN IN A BLENDED FAMILY MODEL
How does a stepmother without children make sense of her self-image in the context of a blended family reconfiguration she has integrated? What are the implications of this newly blended family? This article proposes an overview of the key elements to better understand the blended family while emphasizing the need to find meaning regarding the ambiguous role the stepmother has when she enters into a family that already has children. As an integrative framework, Gilbert Durand’s imaginary theory is presented in order to reconcile the opposing universes and models through the restructuration of the identity of the members of blended families.