Date of Award:
5-2006
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Troy E. Beckert
Committee
Troy E. Beckert
Committee
Jana Darrington
Committee
Scot Allgood
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to discover the most important self-identified areas for a particular group of single parents to focus their limited time. Single parents have been pathologized and compared to two-parent families. A strength-based perspective that acknowledges single parent families as a legitimate family system with the possibility for being healthy may be more helpful. The objective of this study was to identify common strengths between self-reported satisfied single parents (n = 86) and early adolescent children of single parents (n = 67) through data collected with the use of the Parent Success Indicator (PSI) survey. Single parent family members were generally satisfied. Perceived use of time as effective was important to satisfaction, as were single parent acceptance of their child's lifestyle/habits and single parents fulfilling a teaching role in their child's life.
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Recommended Citation
Weed, Ane, "Single Parenting of Early Adolescents: Clinical Application to a More Helpful Perspective" (2006). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2553.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2553
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