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Results marginally supported the idea that custodial single mothers identify with the provider role as highly as fathers do, whereas married mothers do not identify with this role as highly as fathers. Role conflict was also examined to determine if custodial single parents had higher levels of this variable than other working individuals. It was expected that the high salience of both roles for custodial single parents would lead to higher levels of role conflict for this group than other groups. However, there were no significant differences in role conflict for the groups. Finally, the association between role conflict and the outcomes of organizational commitment, internal motivation, and absenteeism were assessed. It was expected that high levels of role conflict would be associated with low levels of organizational commitment, low levels of internal motivation, and high levels of absenteeism. 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