Peer-Reviewed Publications
Van Cleve, M., McWhorter Keamo, A., Lutter, S., & Yorgason, J. (2024). Financial infidelity in blended families: Determinants and detriments. Journal of Financial Therapy, 15(2), 2. doi:10.4148/1944-9771.1411.
Van Cleve, M., & Klontz, B. (2022). The psychology of estate planning with blended families: How financial planners can better help blended families develop an estate plan that works. Journal of Financial Planning, 35(8), 74-88.
Dissertation
Van Cleve, M. (2026). Three Essays on Blended Families: Examining Financial Satisfaction and Estate Planning. [Doctoral dissertation, Texas Tech University]. TTU Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
Under Review
McWhorter Keamo, A., & Van Cleve, M. (2025). Love and money: Measuring financial well-being in cohabiting versus married couples. [Manuscript under review].
Van Cleve, M., & James, R. (2026). An estate planning paradox in blended families: Rejecting equality by choice, accepting intestacy by default. [Manuscript under review].
Van Cleve, M., Kieren, N., & Heckman, S. (2025). How childhood family stability and structure shape adult financial outcomes. [Manuscript under review].
Van Cleve, M., & Lutter, S. (2026). Financial Satisfaction in Blended and Nuclear Families: A Dyadic Perspective. [Manuscript under review].
Working Papers
McWhorter Keamo, A., & Van Cleve, M. (2026). How Family Financial Socialization Shapes Adult Relationships: Evidence for Financial Satisfaction as a Mediator. [Manuscript in preparation].
Van Cleve, M., & McWhorter Keamo, A. (2026). Wealth differences in blended and nuclear families: Implications for financial planning. [Manuscript in preparation].
Van Cleve, M., & Reiter, M. (2025). The Blended Family Wealth Penalty: Differences Among White, Black, and Interracial Couples. [Manuscript in preparation].
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
McWhorter Keamo, A., & Van Cleve, M. (2025). Love and Money: Financial Well-Being and Financial Health in Cohabiting versus Married Couples [Breakout session]. CFP Board Connections Conference. Chicago, IL, United States.
Van Cleve, M. (2026). Blended Families, Blended Finances: The Hidden Dynamics Behind Financial Satisfaction Across Family Structures [Pathway workshop]. Financial Therapy Association. Austin, TX, United States.
Van Cleve, M. (2025). Blended Families and Finances: The Truth Behind Yours, Mine, and Ours. [Breakout session]. AFCPE Symposium. Glendale, AZ, United States.
Van Cleve, M., Kieren, Nicholas, & Heckman, Stuart. (2026). How Childhood Family Stability and Structure Shape Adult Financial Outcomes [Breakout session]. ACCI Conference. Long Beach, CA, United States.
Van Cleve, M., & McWhorter Keamo, A. (2023). Financial Infidelity: Practical Interventions for Assisting Blended Families [On-Demand session]. AFCPE Symposium. New Orleans, LA, United States.
Van Cleve, M., & McWhorter Keamo, A. (2023). Don't Tell the Stepparent: Enmeshment and Financial Infidelity in Families with Stepchildren [Breakout session]. Financial Therapy Association. Charlotte, NC, United States.
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