Young Adults from Single versus Two-Parent Households: Attitudes toward Maternal Employment and Quality of Current Relationships with Parents.

To identify the attitudes towards maternal employment of undergraduates reared in single-parent families compared to those in dual-parent households, 717 undergraduates were surveyed. Subjects were divided into two groups based on number of household parents. Between group t-tests revealed a significant effect on the Beliefs about the Consequences of Maternal Employment subscale; students reared by single parents perceived greater benefits of maternal employment than those raised in two-parent households. Subjects from single-parent backgrounds were more likely than those with two parents to blame problems with their quality of life on their mother's work status. T-tests revealed that students raised in integral families were more approving of their fathers than students reared in single-parent households. (Contains 75 references and 4 tables.) (Author/GCP) Reproductions_supplied_by_EDRS_are_the_best_thatcan-be-made from the original document. 71r n .rD Young Adults from Single versus Two-Parent Households: Attitudes toward maternal employment and quality of current relationships with parents Debi Farrell, Amy, Thomas, Lisa Johnson, Kirsten Gambone, Jordan Arena Stacie Weiner, Susan Nyce, Allison Lang, Casey Alvazian, Jamie Szuchyt Susan Cane, Amy Gelband, Dorothy Zohe and Catherine Chambliss, Ph.D.