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| Autor/inn/en | Sharma, Deepali; Silbereisen, Rainer K. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Revisiting an era in Germany from the perspective of adolescents in mother-headed single-parent families. |
| Quelle | In: International journal of psychology, 42 (2007) 1, S. 46-58Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0020-7594 |
| Schlagwörter | Psychosoziale Entwicklung; Jugend; Familienstruktur; Stieffamilie; Jugend; Entwicklung; Stieffamilie; Psychosoziale Entwicklung; Familienstruktur; Entwicklung; Allein erziehende Mutter; Jugendlicher |
| Abstract | Much of the documented work on families headed by single mothers is based on empirical evidence from North America and a few Anglo-Saxon countries. Many researchers consider single-mother families to be at a disadvantage because of nonsupportive family policies. The study reported here uses data from a social context that differed hugely in this respect - the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The GDR provided extensive state support to single-mother families and, thus, was vastly different from other countries. Based on a literature review and using Hill's family stress theory, it was hypothesized that adolescents living in mother-headed single-parent families and those living with their biological parents would have near-similar social outcomes (display of psychosomatic symptoms, perception of stress, display of delinquent behavior, life satisfaction, academic self-efficacy, and academic grades) and family-related outcomes (relationship with parents and perception of family environment). Further, it was hypothesized that adolescents from stepfather families would display more negative social and family-related outcomes when compared with respondents from the other two family types. The sample comprised 1302 adolescents (M = 13.82 years, SD = 1.88) who were recruited from the city of Leipzig in the year immediately following German unification, 1991. Respondents reported on measures of psychosomatic symptoms, stress, delinquency, life satisfaction, academic achievement, and family-related variables. ANCOVAs, with a control for income adjusted for household size, indicated adolescents from single-mother families to have very similar experiences to respondents living with their biological parents on all measures except for their assessment of family environment. Adolescents living in stepfather families reported the least favorable experiences. Results are indicative of a social context in Germany that, despite unification and the early hardships for single-mother families, still provided these families with more opportunities than constraints. (ZPID). |
| Erfasst von | Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier |
| Update | 2007/4 |
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