Challenging the Stereotypes About Only Children: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Practice

Mancillas, Adriean

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00405.x

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“…Blake (1981), reviewing the contemporary evidence on only children, found that despite widespread negative stereotypes, they are intellectually superior, record better educational achievement, tend to count themselves as happy, and suffer no obvious character or personality defects or disruptive behavior when compared with children from larger families. A more recent review by Mancillas (2006) broadly corroborated these findings, citing high achievement and intelligence as "the most consistent and strongest advantages of only children" (pp. 270-71).…”

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“…Parents can allocate more time and resources to interacting with their only child while minimizing the negative effect children have on their leisure time, employment, career prospects, and income. Their resources and attention can be concentrated on one child, who does not have to experience conflict and competition with siblings (Mancillas 2006). From the perspective of parents, having one child is "the 'cheapest' option for those wishing to experience parenthood" (Jefferies 2001: 4).…”

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Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe

Sobotka

Beaujouan

2014

Population & Development Rev

247

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How persistent and universal has the two child family ideal been in Europe during the last three decades? We analyze responses of women of reproductive age from 168 surveys conducted in 37 countries in 1979–2012. A two‐child ideal has become nearly universal among women in all parts of Europe. Countries that used to display higher ideal family size have converged over time toward a two‐child model. Six out of ten women in Europe consider two children as ideal, and this proportion is very similar in different regions. The mean ideal family size has become closely clustered around 2.2 in most countries. Gradual shifts can be documented toward more women expressing an ideal of having one child (and, quite rarely, having no children) and a parallel decline in an ideal of three or more children. An increasing number of European countries saw their mean ideal family size falling to relatively low levels around 1.95–2.15. However, with the exception of one survey for eastern Germany and two of the surveys not included in our study owing to high nonresponse or low sample size, none of the analyzed surveys suggests a decline in mean ideal family size to levels considerably below replacement, i.e., below 1.9 children per woman.

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Section: Why An Ideal Of Two?mentioning

confidence: 83%

Section: Why An Ideal Of Two?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe

Sobotka

Beaujouan

2014

Population & Development Rev

247

144

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“…Ora, no quadro desta teoria, a condição de filho único pode ser concetualizada como uma variável contextual (englobando as experiências de vida, as vantagens/desvantagens familiares decorrentes desse estatuto, tal como foram resumidas por Mancillas, 2006) que condicionaria o desenvolvimento das variáveis cognitivas (expetativas de controlo pessoal) que por vez teriam impacto nas escolhas e na performance em distintos domínios. Esta é certamente uma linha de investigação que valerá a pena aprofundar em futuros trabalhos.…”

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“…Nesse sentido, é importante que as pessoas que com eles lidam mais de perto, designadamente pais, educadores e professores, não se deixem influenciar pelas crenças frequentemente associadas a estas crianças (e.g., Mancillas, 2006). É que um tal perigo não é apenas imaginário.…”

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“…A justificação para a frequente divergência entre os resultados das várias pesquisas neste domínio residiria sobretudo nas limitações metodológicas que muitas delas apresentam (Mancillas, 2006). Por exemplo, não houve até agora estudos que utilizassem amostras representativas a nível nacional, não se tem prestado a devida atenção ao efeito de outras variáveis suscetíveis de interagir com o efeito da condição de filho único e, ademais, não se tem analisado o efeito dessa condição em diferentes fases da vida do indivíduo (Trent & Spitze, 2011) nem se tem procurado identificar diferentes subgrupos de filhos únicos.…”

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Os Filhos Únicos na Transição para a Idade Adulta: Análise do seu Percurso Escolar e Profissional

Fonseca

Oliveira

Silva

2017

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A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos.Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença.Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra.Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso.Os filhos únicos na transição para a idade adulta: análise do seu percurso escolar e profissional Autor(es):Fonseca, António Castro; Oliveira, Marta; Silva, José Tomás da The main goal of this paper is to analyze the academic and work achievement of the only children in their early adulthood. Data were taken from an ongoing longitudinal study that followed a large sample of participants from elementary public schools until their late twenties. Regarding academic attainment it was found that, as young adults, the only children had achieved more school grades than their peers; but when participants were distributed in two subsamples the differences between the only children and children with siblings disappeared in the last subsample. Regarding professional achievement, it was found that only children started to work later and took fewer jobs than their peers. No other differences were found between the two groups in the remaining variables of academic and professional achievement in early adulthood. Les résultats ont montré que, en moyenne, les enfants uniques ont terminé plus d´années scolaires que les autres; mais dans une analyse plus détaillée les différences entre les deux groupes ont eté trouvées seulement au niveau de l´enseignement sécondaire (c´est à dire, la douzième année). Concernant la transition pour le monde du travail, on a remarqué que les enfants uniques faisaient ce passage plutôt et avaient experimenté plus d´

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Only Children

Gerhardt

2016

Encyclopedia of Family Studies

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The single‐child family is a rapidly increasing family form in the United States, and the predominant family structure in China, which promotes a one‐child policy. Changing demographic patterns such as later family formation and societal pressures contribute to one‐child families. Only children benefit from being the sole recipients of their parents' emotional and economic resources. Without sibling support, they face greater demands when caring for their own aging parents. Historically, only children were viewed unfavorably in terms of social skills and the effects of overindulgent parenting styles. Some of the stereotypes and inconsistent findings stemmed from methodological variables in the studies. Current research emphasizes no major characteristics of only children apart from expected heterogeneity. The influence of multigenerational family dynamics on single children, the importance of effective parenting techniques, and the role of diverse social inputs which expose only children to a variety of constructive influences are relevant.

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Challenging the Stereotypes About Only Children: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Practice

Cited by 60 publications

References 29 publications

Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe

Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe

Os Filhos Únicos na Transição para a Idade Adulta: Análise do seu Percurso Escolar e Profissional

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