Divorced Mothers

Straus, Martha

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-2109-3_10

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“…It was hypothesized that a single mother was more depressed and anxious than a single father. Prior research tends to report higher distress in a single mother than in a single father (Clarke-Stewart, 1990;Green, 1987;Nelson, 1985, Straus, 1988. Clarke-Stewart (1990, p. 89) speculated that single mothers would find their situations more trapped, their goals as wives frustrated, and having lower social and occupational status than single fathers even when the financial condition was controlled.…”

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Impacts of Social Pressure and Social Support on Distress Among Single Parents in China

Cheung

Liu

1997

Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

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A sample of 301 single parents in Guangzhou, Chiia enabled a study of relationships between distress on one hand and social pressure and social support on the other. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that social pressure and social support, including emotional support and instrumental support, were only weakly correlated. They were shown to have equal conhibution to distress, which included depression and anxiety. Distress was positively related to social pressure and negatively related to social support. No sex differential was detected for these relationships. Results indicate the importance of the so-

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confidence: 94%