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Single-Parent Family - Psychology
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Definition of 'Single-Parent Family'A household that includes children and is headed by one adult. Common names: Single-Parent Family; Single Parent Family; Families, Single Parent; Family, Single Parent; Single Parent Families; Family, Single-Parent; Families, Single-Parent; Single-Parent Families; One-Parent Family; Families, One-Parent; Family, One-Parent; One-Parent Families; One Parent Family |
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement.
30 Jul 2009 
This study used data on 2,297 families from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine whether Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement varies by maternal relationship status. Families were categorized according to whether the ... Read more...
[Street children in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: causes for leaving home]
30 May 2009 The purpose of this report is to describe the results of a survey conducted in 2004 among a cohort of 310 street children in Bukavu DR Congo to determine sociodemographic features and the reasons that led them to leave the homes of their parents. ... Read more...
Moderators of outcome in a brief family-centered intervention for preventing early problem behavior.
30 May 2009 This study investigated moderators of change in an empirically supported family-centered intervention (the Family Check-Up) for problem behavior in early childhood. Participants were 731 2- to 3-year-olds (49% girls; 28% African American, 50% ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Single-Parent Family - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement. 30 Jul 2009
- [Street children in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: causes for leaving home] 30 May 2009
- Moderators of outcome in a brief family-centered intervention for preventing early problem behavior. 30 May 2009
- Are single-parent families different from two-parent families in the treatment of adolescent bulimia nervosa using family-based treatment? 27 Feb 2009
- Children of low-income depressed mothers: psychiatric disorders and social adjustment. 30 Dec 2008
- A national study of male involvement among families in contact with the child welfare system. 2 Nov 2008
- Violent adolescents and their educational environment: a multilevel analysis. 29 Sep 2008
- Child and adolescent psychiatry and family status: a nationwide register-based study. 19 Apr 2008
- Ten-year increase in service use in the Dutch population. 19 Apr 2008
- Parent-child interactions in pediatric bipolar disorder. 30 Mar 2008
- Childhood family structure and personality disorders in adulthood. 4 Mar 2008
- Discrepancy between expected and actual child support payments: predicting the health and health-related quality of life of children living in low-income, single-parent families. 28 Feb 2008
- Livelihood strategies of food-insecure poor, female-headed families in rural Alabama. 29 Nov 2007
- Contact among families who share the same sperm donor. 24 Nov 2007
- Living arrangements and children's development in low-income White, Black, and Latino families. 30 Oct 2007
- A pilot study of the feasibility and efficacy of the Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting (STEPP) program for single mothers of children with ADHD. 10 Oct 2007
- Measures of resilience and adaptation of adolescents in single parent families in Taiwan: psychometric properties and related profiles. 29 Sep 2007
- Examining the effects of maternal chronic illness on child well-being in single parent families. 29 Sep 2007
- Exposure to single parenthood in childhood and later mental health, educational, economic, and criminal behavior outcomes.
30 Aug 2007 - Spirituality and resilience in families in which a parent has died. 30 May 2007
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Technical information about 'Single-Parent Family'
Definition: A household that includes children and is headed by one adult.
Descriptor UI: D020954
Alternative terms: Single-Parent Family; Single Parent Family; Families, Single Parent; Family, Single Parent; Single Parent Families; Family, Single-Parent; Families, Single-Parent; Single-Parent Families; One-Parent Family; Families, One-Parent; Family, One-Parent; One-Parent Families; One Parent Family; Families, One Parent; Family, One Parent; One Parent Families;
Related Mesh Headings: Single Parent;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; psychology; statistics & numerical data;
Tree Number: F01.829.263.750; I01.880.225.750;
History Note: 2000; use SINGLE PARENT (1989-1999)