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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"single parenting"”.
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The impact of single-parenting on the performance of Foundation Phase Grade R learners in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… to achieve academic greatness in their lives, single parenting is a societal issue that should be of worldwide concern. One important issue that requires consideration is the effect that single parenting has on Foundation Phase students' performance. This study looked into how single parents …
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Beating the Odds: A Case Study of Protective Factors of a Resilient Child Who Exhibits Well-Developed Prosocial Behavior
… was facing were low family income and single parenting. Protective factors such as the child's personal traits, the mentor, peer relationship and extended-family support enabled the child to thrive in the face of adversities.
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Emotional experiences of adolescents from single-parent families
… the emotional experiences of adolescents from single-parent families; the primary aim being to determine whether adolescents display emotional experiences that differ from those of adolescents from both-parent families (intact families). Literature reveals that single parenting is strongly …
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BRUISED BUT NOT BROKEN: HOW COPING STYLES, SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO HOW WELL PEOPLE DO AFTER DIVORCE
… resilient in overcoming financial hardship, single parenting, loneliness, and abandonment.</p> <p>This study’s results suggest that social workers need to be more knowledgeable about and equipped to provide adequate support and therapy to divorced persons’ post‑divorcé adjustment challenges. …
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Work at home, home at work : building a bridge between private and public life
… family structures (both parents working, single parenting) will change the architectural expression of a home and such a change will also affect the neighborhood the home resides in. The thesis work that has been undertaken during this semester is to determine just what those changes and …
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The Efficacy of a School-Based Support Group on Adolescent Self-Esteem and Social Support
… Rising divorce rates and subsequent single parenting, adolescent pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and lack of parental involvement represent only a few of the many issues teens confront. School nurses are on the front lines, attempting to educate youth against an alarming …
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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for human identification in the vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… This contributes to an increase in single parenting among South Africans, particularly by mothers of the rejected children. The purpose of this study was to design a cost-effective Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) for isolating potentially polymorphic human microsatellite markers …
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Lone motherhood, welfare and paid work : identities and experiences
… involving patterns of parental separation and single motherhood, children are now more likely to spend some time in a lone mother headed family, compared with forty years ago. New Labour social policy has particularly raised concerns about the extent of poverty, low aspirations and disadvantage …
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L'influence du conflit parental et de la qualité de la relation mère-enfant sur les problèmes de comportement des enfants suite à une séparation parentale
… de la présente étude. Les mères ont complète le Single Parenting Questionnaire de Stolberg et Ullman (1983), l'Acrimony Scale de Emery (cite dans Touliatos, Perlmutter, & Strauss, 1990) et le Child Behavior Checklist de Achenbach (1991b). En bref, les résultats suggèrent une correspondance …
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An investigation in the life histories of adolescents girls with early pregnancies in Mazabuka district
… due to death of their fathers, resulting to single parenting households. Poor family financial position exposed them to child labor and school drop outs. They are at risk of being raped by close family members, unfortunately they lack sex education and do not use contraceptives. Adolescents …
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An investigation in the life histories of adolescents girls with early pregnancies in Mazabuka district
… due to death of their fathers, resulting to single parenting households. Poor family financial position exposed them to child labor and school drop outs. They are at risk of being raped by close family members, unfortunately they lack sex education and do not use contraceptives. Adolescents …
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A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS
… The Mis-Education on White Patriarchy, (b) Parenting: When Children are Harmed, and (c) Black Womanness: Resilient through Marginalization. Both Critical Race Feminism and Critical ethnography were used to interpret the results. Black mother-offenders' high rates of chronic poverty and …
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Stress and Coping Experiences of Women in Transition: From Welfare to Work
… facing the chronic stressors associated with single parenting and poverty. The current study assessed the levels of distress, factors contributing to distress, and coping resources utilized among a sample of 60 mothers who were making the transition from welfare to work. Ninety percent of the …
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A qualitative study examining the experiences of first-generation Asian Indian divorced single mothers in the United States
… of first-generation Asian Indian divorced single mothers in the US in the first few years following their separation and divorce. The following three theoretical approaches provided a framework for understanding Asian Indian single mother families: Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response …
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The effect of changes in society on the pedagogic relationship of trust
… factors like the family, divorce and separation, single parenting, family violence, women empowerment child abuse, polygamy, extended family and peer pressure. There are also external factors like parents' social class. political change, economic change, technological change, demographic change …
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An analysis of the educational role of single parents
… study on "an analysis of the educational role of single parents" was aimed at: * investigating the role of single parenthood in education. * investigating the educational role of single parents in and out of school. * establishing problems encountered by single parents in performing their …
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Health promotion with a single parents self-help group
Single parenting has become very common today due to having a child illegitimately, death of spouse, separation, and high rate of divorce. Single parent families are subject to many forms of economic and psychological stress. For example, they result in the creation of non-custodial parents, whose …
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Not Appropriate for Children: A Look At the Composition Practices and Rhetorical Strategies of Single Moms in Academia
<p>This dissertation explores how single mothers in higher education across geographic locations, academic ranks, disciplines, and identities build support systems and draw on rhetorical strategies derived from their embodied knowledge to survive and navigate in academia. Single mother experiences …
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The Influence of Black African American Fathers’ Parenting Styles on Young Adult Children’s Attachment Styles: the Roles of Gender and Fathers’ Residence
<p>Parenting</p> <p>Black African American (BAA) fathers in the United States are frequently mischaracterized as absent or uninvolved, reinforcing deficit-based narratives rooted in historical and systemic racism. Such portrayals obscure the meaningful and sustained roles many BAA fathers play in …