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The Psycho-socio Effects Of Single Parenthood On Adolescent Self Concept
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Illegal Bahaviour:
The texas youth commission states that children who come from
single-parent families have a greater risk of engaging in illegal
activity, this include using of illegal drugs and underage drinking if a
child’s whereabouts are not monitored by parents, there is a greater
risk of illegal behavior. A single parent who works full-time may not
have the time to monitor her child. In a two-parent home, there is a
greater likelihood that a child’s behavior will be supervised.
According
to the institute for American values, a male teenager is more likely to
be arrested if he lives in a fatherless home. Children age 14 and over
who come from an intact family are less instructions procedure for the
data collection and the statistical method employed to analyse the data.
likely to be arrested that those from a single-parent home.
Psychological
disorders: According to the mayo clinic, teenager can develop a number
of psychological disorders due to a lack of supervision, a lack of
positive parent involvement and divorce. They are more likely to develop
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) anxiety depression and Attention
Deficit Hyperactively Disorder (ADHD), also children are three times
less likely to develop mental disorders, such as oppositional defiant
disorder and anxiety, depression ant attention deficit, if they come
from intact families the risk of developing these disorders can also be
high for children who come from a two-parent family where the marriage
is troubled. But as children continue to grow they learn from walking
and talking in their environment that is conducive, peer group, schools
and be open minded by having strong moral character with good
understanding.
On the single parent homes on the children which lend
to affect the life style of the parents, families and relationships with
other people, education enlightenment and other social activity, a
higher stress home lowers self-esteem in children and parents, which can
result in negative and unpleasant behavior of single parenthood on
adolescent.
Financial support: Raising a child in a single parent
home puts stress on finances, stress accumulated for the parent who is
trying to manage a work like and a home life, and also for the child
who may suffer from the lack of financial support for daily necessities
and an absentee parent.
The self-esteem: In single parent families,
self-esteem issues play a major role in a child’s behavior, children
have lower self-esteem with a single parent than children who are raised
two parents, the strongest finding relates that the mother-daughter
relationship suffers the most, as girls formulate their world-view and
confidence from the example of the mother.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Although recent evidence implies linkages among depression or depressive symptoms , self-esteem, history of childhood abuse, and parenting. Children living in single family homes have different outlooks on life than children raised in a home with two parents.The financial stability, psychological effects, emotional problems, low performance in education all take a toll on childhood when only one parent provides the attitudes, the evidence does not clearly elucidate the relationships among these ... Continue reading---
