Parent-child relationships in single parent families.
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Single-parent families constitute a social phenomenon and psychological regulation-cultivation of children from single-parent families has become a social problem not to be ignored This paper, through a comarative study between 138 children from single-parent families and 138 children from two-parent families as well as an investigation into the conditions of 5 single-parent families, makes an analysis of the psychological influences of the single-parent families upon their children. It is pointed out that tile psychological influences are highly significant in pupils at primary schools from singleparent families Also this paper starts a discussion as to how to strengthen strengthen education among children from single-parent families.
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The growing number of single-parent families has not been matched by an increase in our understanding of their family functioning. This study examined parent/child perceptions of relationships and actual interactions as a function of family structure. Participants were 28 Grade 10 adolescents and 28 parents, representing matched groups of mothers and fathers from oneand two-parent families. They completed a questionnaire regarding the quality of their relationship, were interviewed about their conflicts, and then participated in a parent/child discussion session. Both children and parents in single-parent families were found to be somewhat ambivalent in their relationships, with both greater intimacy and heightened conflict than evidenced in two-parent families, as well as less adequate ego functioning when dealing with conflicts. No support was found, however, for the commonly held notion that children in single-parent families fare better in the custody of same-sex parents.
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