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The Psycho-socio Effects Of Single Parenthood On Adolescent Self Concept
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1.12 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Concept
of single parenthood. It is a situation where one of the parents is
involved in the process of bearing and raising a child, parents are no
longer readily available to take then full responsibilities over the
child most researchers have shown how far reaching effects on the
children and adolescent. Ogunlana (1999) stated that parenthood is a
responsibility requiring the full co-operation of both parents who must
ensure the total development of their offspring(s).
Structurally, a
family is either broken or intact a broken family in this context is one
that is not structurally intact for various reasons vis-Ã -vis death of
apparent, divorce, separation dissertation and illegitimacy in which
case, the family was never completed.
Conkline (1996) analysis become
necessary because life in a single parent family can be traumatic and
children brought up in such family structure often suffer some emotional
problems, which may hundred their academic performance, on the other
hand, children raised in two-parent family structure are often stable
emotionally and they suffer less emotional problem thereby making them
less anxious in their pursuit of their academic work.
However,
situation should be noted that not true at all lines since there are
some children still perform academically better than children from two
parent family structure (Apia and Olutola 2007). This situation may
however be attributed to other factors inherent in the personality of
the child.
1.13 LIMITATIONS OF STUDY
The study causes on the
influence of single parenthood on the psychosocial of adolescent self
concept, the stud particularly revolves around two selected government
ministry of education the researcher would have loved to carry out this
research in all the ministry in Lagos State, but due to time and
finance the researcher is limited to two ministry.
1.14 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Family: This is a group of people who are related by blood or marriage and it consists of father, mother and children.
Adolescent:
This is a period of life between childhood and adulthood. It is the
transition period during which an individual outgrows childhood and
develops into maturity.
Adjustment: A small change made to something in order to correct or improve it.
Broken
marriage: This is a marriage that ended for one reason or the other and
the husband and wife do not live together any longer they live separate
ways.
Single parenthood: It is a situation whereby only one of the
parents is involved in the process of bearing and raising a child it
could be either the father or the mother.
Psycholosocio behavior: It
is how one develops behaves and reacts in a social environment when
they themselves may not be fully aware of their behavior.
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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---
