Having a House but Not a Home
A Critical Reflection on Prioritizing Youth Perspectives and Well‐Being in Research on Family Structural Transitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12927445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todd M Jensen (0000-0002-6930-899X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 423-431 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Theory & Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1756-2570 • E-ISSN: 1756-2589 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jftr.70026 |
| OpenAlex | W4416158725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
Having a house but not a home is a metaphor that aligns with themes I highlight in this critical reflection on the personal, professional, and political experiences that have shaped who I am and fueled my scholarship centering youth perspectives and well‐being in the context of family structural transitions. Rooted in feminist reflexive analysis and life course theory, I outline components of my personal life that catalyzed my career as a family scientist. I then discuss elements of my professional training to which my scholarship and academic identity have been firmly anchored. Along the way, I also attend to the political, attempting earnestly to articulate and critique issues of power and their institutional engines that have shaped both my personal and professional experiences. Finally, I seek to bring it all together, striving to unearth the authentic core of who I am and what motivates me as a family scientist
Context (archaeology · Critical reflection · Identity (music · Metaphor · Power (physics · Reflection (computer programming · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Coaching Methods and Impact · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Parental Involvement in Education
Adult attachment, stress, and romantic relationships
Attachment Theory
Studying Stepfamilies
Conceptualizing adverse childhood experiences as a latent factor
Stepfamily Relationships
Family Stress Management
Stepfamily Relationships
Family Stress Management
A scoping review of research on well‐being across diverse family structures
A systematic review of correlates of stepparent–child relationship quality from children's perspectives
Perceived Stepparent–Child Relationship Quality
Conceptualizing Family Structure in a Social Determinants of Health Framework
Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets
Surfacing Family Privilege and Supremacy in Family Science
Interlinking structural racism and heteropatriarchy
White Supremacy and the Web of Family Science
Men, families, and the reconceptualization of masculinities
Family theorizing for social justice
The Context and Process of Theory Development
Theorizing Ambiguous Gain
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure
Bidirectional Relations Between Parenting and Behavior Problems From Age 8 to 13 in Nine Countries
Sexual‐ and Gender‐Minority Families
Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness
Precarious manhood
The Convoy Model
Feminist theory, method, and praxis
What is QuantCrit doing in a nice field like family science
Theorizing White heteropatriarchal supremacy, marriage fundamentalism, and the mechanisms that maintain family inequality
Patterns of Stepchild-Stepparent Relationship Development
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |