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- Title
Singlehood, Marriage, and Remarriage.
- Authors
Demo, David H.; Acock, Alan C.
- Abstract
This article examines three dimensions of mothers' well-being (personal happiness, self-esteem and depression) across four diverse family structures (first-married, remarried, divorced, and continuously single-parent families). Using a nationally representative sample of 2,781 mothers, the results indicate small but statistically significant differences across family structures. Mothers in their first marriage enjoy the highest well-being, mothers in stepfamilies fare nearly as well, and divorced and continuously single mothers have the lowest well-being. Most of the differences persist when relevant variables are controlled. Multiple regression analyses indicate that the strongest predictors of mothers' well-being are measures of family relations, especially children's well-being, marital happiness, marital stability, and low levels of marital conflict Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the relative importance for mothers' well-being of family structure, sociodemographic variables, and family processes.
- Subjects
MOTHERS; FAMILY relations; SINGLE parents; REMARRIED people; MARRIED people; DOMESTIC relations; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 1996, Vol 17, Issue 3, p388
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019251396017003005