Single Parenting Sources

  • Food security, dietary choices, and television-viewing status of preschool-aged children living in single-parent or two-parent households

    Bowman, Shanthy A., and Ellen W. Harris. "Food security, dietary choices, and television-viewing status of preschool-aged children living in single-parent or two-parent households." Family Economics and Nutrition Review 15.2 (2003): 29+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. Children who live in single parent households, specifically female-headed, are more prone to bad dietary problems because the low-income for expensive and healthy foods.
  • Single-parent families: the role of parent's and child's gender on academic achievement

    Sang Min Lee, Kushner, Jason. "Single-parent families: the role of parent's and child's gender on academic achievement." Gender & Education(2005). Web. 18. Sept. 2014.
    The role of a single father and daughter and the role of a single mother and the son academically.
  • Depression and quality of life for women in single-parent and nuclear families

    Hernandez, Rene Landero, Benito Estrada Aranda, and Monica Teresa Gonzalez Ramirez. "Depression and quality of life for women in single-parent and nuclear families." Spanish Journal of Psychology 12.1 (2009). Academic OneFile. Web. 17 Sept. 2014.
    Women from single parent families have lower quality of life, lower income, and greater depression than women from bi-parental households.
  • Analyzing the relatonship between family population and single parenting with the domestic violence against children

    Ganji, Parvin, Behzad Hakiminia, and Mahmoud Yaghoubi Doust. "Analyzing the relationship between the family population and single arenting with domestic violence against children." Advances in Environmental Biology (2013). Academic OneFile. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. Summary: A study on the relationship between single parenting and the family population with domestic violation against children, are these two factors correlated or not.
  • The Examination of The Assertiveness Levels and Self-Respect of Adolescents with Single Parent and Whole Family

    Demirbilek, Mesut1, Otrar, Mustafa. "The Examination of The Assertiveness Levels and Self-Respect of Adolescents with Single Parent and Whole Family." (2014). Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
    - As a result of this study, it was found that in the sub-scales of self-esteem scale and physical appearance is higher than the level of assertiveness and self-respect of adolescents with single parent that obliged to continue his/her life with single parent due to the death of his or her parents.
  • During and after divorce: children need the emotional support of both parents

    Mosier, William. "During and after divorce: children need the emotional support of both parents." Annals of Psychotherapy and Integrative Health. Fall 2013. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. Children need the support of both parents during and after a divorce, although some children end up losing one parent, support is very vital for children especially during a divorce.