Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective
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Date
2011
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Society for Personality Research (Inc.)
Abstract
Single mothers are often perceived and depicted as being ineffective parents in comparison to
their married counterparts, but this may not always be the case. A sample consisting of 245
children (72% in married mother families and 28% in single mother families) between 10
and 12 years (M = 11) including 64% females and 36% males participated in the study. The
aim in this study was to compare children’s perceptions of their mothers’ parenting within
single and married families. The results indicate that mothers were perceived as using more
autonomy-supportive than psychologically controlling parenting practices. There were no
significant differences between children’s perceptions of maternal parenting in single and
married families.
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Parenting, Family structure, Single parents, Single mothers, Autonomy support, Psychological control
Citation
Roman, N.V. (2011). Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective. Social Behaviour and Personality, 39 (5): 577-586