Mental Health of Children in Single-parent Homes 
The purpose of this paper is to examine the mental health and stability of children in single-
parent homes, as well as to analyze the child's capacity to form ....
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Single Parent Children
.... Many studies have been conducted which reinforce the theory that children of single-
parent homes are more likely to experience development challenges than ....
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Data on Single Parent Households
.... absence of one
parent places greater stress on the single
parent, it seems reasonable to believe that children being reared in single
parent homes may suffer ....
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Single Parenting
.... of the time and the other
parent some of the time" (Dolmetsch, 1985, p. 3). Interacting directly with children living in single-
parent homes, Dolmetsch and ....
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Single-Parent Family Structure and Children
.... In fact, 70 percent of the juvenile criminals in state-reform institutions and 75 percent of adolescent murderers came from single-
parent homes (Bennett, 1995 ....
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The Single Parent and Poverty
.... The problems are more than psychological, in determining the social structure of children and their single-
parent homes. The problems are economic. ....
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Personality Development and Single Parent Families
.... classroom behavior ratings and on Vineland teacher ratings of competence in communication and social interaction, than children from single
parent homes. ....
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Effects of Divorce on Parent-Child Communication
.... by higher levels of aggression and poorer quality levels of
parent-child communication than were females generally and subjects from non divorced
homes. ....
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Parental Involvement in Schools
.... These factors result in poor nutrition, single-
parent homes, fatherless children, working mothers, chemically dependent parents, antisocial behavior, and angry ....
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Family Situation & Academic Achievement NATURE OF THE STUDY ...
.... Specifically, it has been found that children living in one
parent homes achieve less in school, like school less, have more problems with peers, and to be ....
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Effect of Parent Behavior on Adult Children
.... on children and adolescents from "broken
homes." ...Few studies have considered the long-term influences of parental conflict and the
parent-child relationship ....
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Treatment of At-risk Students
.... disabilities, or other special education needs, "at risk" has come to focus primarily on children of poverty, those from poorer single-
parent homes, and those ....
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Effects of Divorce on Children
.... At the two month assessment, children from divorced families had more difficulties than those in two
parent homes, particularly in the areas of aggression and ....
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Effects of Divorce on Children
.... In this regard, Zakariya (1982) studied 18,000 elementary school and high school students in 14 states who were living in one-
parent homes as a result of ....
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Effect of Parental Divorce on Children
.... In this regard, Zakariya (1982) studied 18,000 elementary school and high school students in 14 states who were living in one-
parent homes as a result of ....
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Shaping a Child's Academic Performance
.... does not support previous research that children of divorce from reconstituted
homes are better off academically than children do from single
parent homes. ....
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Hispanic and Anglo Students
.... children born in the late 1970s and early 1980s will experience parental divorce, spending an average of five years living in single
parent homes before the ....
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Predicting School Violence
.... violent." Findings were said to show that students werd more likely to report themselves worried about being violent if they came from single
parent homes. ....
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Juvenile Criminals
.... something be done about the rise in violent juvenile crime, whether such an increase stems from drugs, television's influence, one-
parent homes, no supervision ....
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Poverty In America & Living Conditions According to Robert E.
.... Nearly two-thirds of poor children reside in single-
parent homes; each year, an additional 1.3 million children are born out of wedlock. ....
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Black Youth
.... of whites; and homicide is the leading cause of death among black youths ages 15-24…the majority of 10-14 year-olds come from single-
parent homes in poor ....
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Stay at Home Parent
Chief among them are children who children are more secure, better adjusted, and less aggressive when they are raised in
homes where one
parent stays at home ....
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Adolescent Pregnancy
.... According to these authors, African American and Hispanic girls, girls who live in single-
parent homes, girls living in
homes where parental conflict is strong ....
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Puerto Rican Adolescents
.... of low educational attainment are more specific to Hispanic minorities than other minorities in the US, including living in single-
parent homes, low family ....
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Effects of Divorce
.... changes of friends and alterations in community involvement; (5) co-parental stressors, which include problems of custody, single
parent homes, and visitation ....
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Basic Facts About Divorce
.... changes of friends and alterations in community involvement; (5) co-parental stressors, which include problems of custody, single
parent homes, and visitation ....
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THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES Introduction F
.... Poverty is rising in single
parent homes; and parents who decide to spend maximal amounts of their time with their children tend to face hard choices ....
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Minorities and Family Violence Since the time o
.... She argues these young men are themselves likely to come from female-headed single-
parent homes in communities that have devalued many of the institutions that ....
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Gang Risk Factors
.... While familial factors such as divorce, single-
parent homes, poverty, poor or abusive parenting or guardianship, and drug or alcohol abuse within the family ....
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Minority Behavior: Causes and Consequences
.... with African American students more often than with white students is that the African Americans are more likely to be from single-
parent homes-usually a single ....
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