Long-term influence of divorce and single parenting on adolescent family- and work-related values, behaviors, and aspirations.

Barber, Bonnie L.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.111.1.108

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“…When single parenting was relatively rare, dysfunctional families, poorly adjusted children, and contentious relationships may have been overrepresented among households headed by single mothers, but as the prevalence of single parenting increased to encompass more well-adjusted individuals and less contentious relationships, fewer adverse consequences have been found for youth (Amato & Keith, 1991). This suggests that risks associated with household structure differences in mother -adolescent conflict may be limited to adolescents in troubled relationships where single parenting may exacerbate pre-existing difficulties (Barber & Eccles, 1992). The finding that relationships with single mothers were more apt to be highly contentious than relationships with mothers in two-parent households is consistent with the premise that risks associated with single parenthood may be limited to a subset of families.…”

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“…Household structure differences in mean levels of conflict may be attributed to a small number of distressed mother -adolescent dyads. Some have argued that single parenthood poses a special risk for adolescents in dysfunctional relationships (Barber & Eccles, 1992). Although most families successfully cope with family transitions, divorce and remarriage sometimes trigger heightened discord in a few troubled parent -child relationships (Hetherington & Stanley-Hagan, 2002).…”

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Conflict Between Mothers and Adolescents in Single-Mother, Blended, and Two-Biological- Parent Families

Laursen¹

2005

Parenting

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SYNOPSISObjective-This investigation was designed to shed light on household structure differences in mother -adolescent conflict.Design-Atotal of 453 early, mid, and late adolescents from 3 ethnic groups completed questionnaires describing the rate and affective intensity of daily conflicts with mothers and fathers in single-mother (divorced or never married), 2-biological-parent, and blended (remarried) families.Results-Compared to sons, daughters reported more disagreements with mothers and more negative affect in disagreements with mothers and fathers. Adolescents reported more total disagreements and more angry disagreements with single mothers than with mothers in 2-biologicalparent families; adolescents in blended families fell in between. Reports of conflict with fathers did not differ across 2-biological-parent families and blended families. There were no household structure differences in conflict with parents (mothers and residential fathers combined), indicating that levels of conflict with single mothers are elevated by approximately the same number of disagreements that otherwise fall to fathers in 2-parent households. Potential moderators (adolescent age, ethnicity, and gender, maternal employment, prior marital status of single-mothers, socioeconomic status, and levels of social interaction) did not alter the results.Conclusions-For adolescents, single parenthood restricts the number of partners available for disagreement but has little bearing on the number or affective tenor of daily disagreements with mothers. In contrast, single parenthood is associated with elevated levels of family discord for mothers. INTRODUCTIONIt is estimated that over half of all children born in the United States today will spend time in a single-parent household (Weinraub, Horvath, & Gringlas, 2002). One consequence of this rising tide of single parenthood appears to be an altered incidence of conflict during the adolescent years. Several studies report that mothers and adolescents in divorced single-mother households experience more negativity and conflict than those in two-biological-parent households (Baer, 1999;Demo & Acock, 1996;Hagan, Hollier, O'Connor, & Eisenberg, 1992;Henderson & Taylor, 1999;Hetherington, 1972;Hetherington, Cox, & Cox, 1985;Walker & Hennig, 1997;Wallerstein & Kelley, 1980), but the nature of these differences has yet to be specified. One obvious conclusion is that single parenthood exacerbates conflict between mothers and adolescent children, but this overlooks the possibility that rates of mother -adolescent conflict may be traced to variables that are confounded with household structure. In this investigation, early, mid, and late adolescents from single-mother (divorced or never married), blended (remarried), and two-biological-parent families described the rate and NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript affective intensity of daily disagreements with mothers and fathers to determine whether household structure differences in mother ...

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Conflict Between Mothers and Adolescents in Single-Mother, Blended, and Two-Biological- Parent Families

Laursen¹

2005

Parenting

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“…For example, mothers' general aspirations for children's educational attainment may be higher among mothers with high school degrees. Parental expectations, in turn, have been shown to be important predictors of children's academic performance (Barber & Eccles, 1992).…”

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confidence: 99%

Does Welfare Affect Family Processes and Adolescent Adjustment?

Kalil¹,

Eccles

1998

Child Development

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Recent welfare reform legislation requires increased parental work effort and imposes time limits on the receipt of federal assistance. These changes were based in part on assumptions that parental welfare receipt may be negatively related to family processes and children's attitudes and behaviors. Currently, researchers know little about the effects of welfare by itself relative to the effects of related variables such as family demographic characteristics, economic strain, and neighborhood factors on processes among families with adolescent children. This study investigates parenting behaviors, parent-adolescent relationships, and adolescent attitudes and behaviors in three family types. Families of adolescents ages 11-15 who received income from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in the previous 12 months are compared with poor families who have not received AFDC in the last year and with families who are neither poor nor welfare dependent. We found minimal support for the hypothesis that welfare is negatively related to family processes and adolescent attitudes and behaviors, although mothers receiving welfare report fewer effective parent management practices than their poor non-welfare counterparts. Implications of the findings for current social policy debates are discussed.

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“…Barber and Eccles (1992) observed that there is an adverse impact on children, not just as a direct result of the divorce itself, but also as a result of the consequences of divorce, such as the limited resources of some single mothers. In the context of marriage's effect on individual psychology, Gove et al (1983) observed that -more than marriage itself -it is the quality of married life that has the greater positive impact on the psychological health of individuals (Gottman, 1998).…”

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Given the Demographics of Emotional Divorce of Spouses – How to Minimize It, Using Structural Equation Modeling: A Case Study in Egypt

Samak¹,

Keshky²,

Khusaifan³

2016

IJSW

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This study identifies eight factors: age, gender, education, occupation, place of residence, duration of marriage, number of previous marriages and number of children within the marriage, which can affect the occurrence of emotional divorce. These eight factors are explored through nine dimensions: emotional, intellectual, social-recreational, psychological, temporal, sexual, spiritual, physical and economic. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis and path diagrams are used to extract emotional divorce from the eight factors. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is run to verify the above factor structure and evaluate the influence of each variable on emotional divorce. The corresponding beta coefficients in the regression equations reveal that education is the most dominant predictor of emotional divorce, with a 5% level of significance. It is equally predominant through seven of the nine dimensions (all excluding temporal). It is concluded that demographic factors such as age, gender and education levels play an important role in people's day-to-day lives, particularly within marriages.

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Long-term influence of divorce and single parenting on adolescent family- and work-related values, behaviors, and aspirations.

Cited by 148 publications

References 157 publications

Conflict Between Mothers and Adolescents in Single-Mother, Blended, and Two-Biological- Parent Families

Conflict Between Mothers and Adolescents in Single-Mother, Blended, and Two-Biological- Parent Families

Does Welfare Affect Family Processes and Adolescent Adjustment?

Given the Demographics of Emotional Divorce of Spouses – How to Minimize It, Using Structural Equation Modeling: A Case Study in Egypt

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