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- Title
The Effects of World View on Adaptation to Single Parenthood Among Middle-Class Adult Women.
- Authors
Fine, Mark A.; Schwebel, Andrew I.; Myers, Linda J.
- Abstract
The nature of the relationship between middle-class adult women's world view and their report of the quality of their adjustment to being single mothers was explored. Single mothers and those from two-parent families completed five instruments assessing their world view and emotional adjustment to being mothers. The many statistically significant findings indicated that, although there was considerable person-to-person variation, single mothers who advocated a more Afrocentric world view-defined as more spiritual, communal, and interpersonal and less achievement-oriented, materialistic, and individualistic than the alternate Eurocentric perspective-had higher self-esteem, less depression and anxiety, and were more satisfied with being mothers. The results also indicated that single mothers were less well adjusted than those from two-parent families.
- Subjects
SINGLE parents; MIDDLE class; SINGLE mothers; ANXIETY; PARENTS; SOCIAL classes
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 1985, Vol 6, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019251385006001007