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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Single fathers"”.
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Single Fathers And Social Support
Single fathers have, for the most part, been overlooked in research, even though the proportion of children being raised by custodial fathers has been steadily increasing since the 1970s. This exploratory study aims to understand the factors that single fathers take into consideration when deciding …
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The Features of Single-fathers in Father-daughter Relationships in Shakespear's King Lear, The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest
… era, has promoted the idea of Shakespeare’s male single parents as ‘tyrannous’, ‘cruel’, ‘violent’ and ‘murderous.’ Some of these critics are Shin (2010), Callaghan (2000, 2002 and 2016), and Leventen (1991). Not only do some of the critics find ‘all’ Shakespeare’s single fathers ‘tyrannous,’ …
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Day Care and the Single Parent Family: An Analysis of Single Parent Families' Interactions and Experiences
… American family. Concerns over the experiences single parent families have with day care are growing as current resources for these families decline. In addition, there is little research to date about the differences between single fathers and single mothers in their processes of obtaining and …
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Die belewenis van enkelouerskap deur die vader met beheer en toesig oor kinders in die middelkinderjare (Afrikaans)
ENGLISH : Modern fathers often insist that men and women receive equal child rearing responsibilities during marriage and after divorce. It is therefore important to an increasing number of fathers in divorce proceedings, to be considered in the ruling over custody of the child/ren. Research with …
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Transforming Motherhood: Single Parents' Liberation In The 1970s
… Motherhood examines the experiences of single mothers from the early 1970s until the mid-1980s. Because most accounts of single motherhood in these decades focused on single motherhood as the cause of social problems, most of the discourse about single motherhood is framed on the premise …
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Single parents and organizational commitment, absenteeism, and internal motivation: an initial investigation
… and caregiver roles would be salient for single parents. Results indicated that mothers identified with the caregiver role to a greater extent than fathers. However, no support was found for the idea that custodial single fathers identify with the caregiver role to the same extent as …
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A study to identify family factors that contribute to academic success in a group of children from single-parent families
The number of children from single-parent families has risen significantly since the 1970s. The stress associated with single-parent status not only places the parent in a precarious state, but also has the tendency to adversely affect the child's academic performance. The purpose of this study was …
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RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DAILY STRESSORS, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH OF SINGLE PARENTS IN TAIWAN
Previous studies show that single-parent families are generally more vulnerable and socially disadvantaged than two-parent families. Single parents often have a small social network size and lower level of receiving network support. Low social network support may be a risk factor for health …