ArticleJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2021
Single mothers by choice: Parenting and child adjustment in middle childhood.
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- A systematic review on the demographics, motivations, and experiences of single mothers by choice.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
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- Wartime Experiences of Single Parents by Choice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Perinatal outcomes and maternal health before and after single motherhood through assisted conception: A multiregistry study in Sweden.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Births Conceived Through Medically Assisted Reproduction by Parental Structure in Louisiana (2016-2023).Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- The psychosocial outcomes of older parenthood in early to mid-childhood: a mini-review.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2023Review
- Editorial: Health and Well-Being Related to New Family Forms: Perspectives of Adults, Couples, Children, and Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Perceived social support in solo women seeking treatment with donor gametes and in women in heterosexual couples seeking IVF-treatment with own gametes.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Adolescent Development and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship in Diverse Family Forms Created by Assisted Reproduction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Solo Fathers and Mothers: An Exploration of Well-Being, Social Support and Social Approval.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Parent-child relationship quality and child psychological adjustment in families created using egg donation: children's perspectives at age 5 years.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Maternal advanced age, single parenthood, and ART increase the risk of child morbidity up to five years of age.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Social determinants of mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income and middle-income countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Article
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Findings are presented of the second phase of a longitudinal study of families created by single mothers by choice. Forty-four single heterosexual mothers were compared with 37 partnered heterosexual mothers, all with a donor-conceived child aged around 8-10 years. Standardized interview, observational, and questionnaire measures of maternal wellbeing, mother-child relationships and child adjustment were administered to mothers, children, and teachers. There were no differences in maternal mental health, the quality of mother-child relationships or children's emotional and behavioral problems between family types. However, higher levels of parenting stress and higher levels of children's prior adjustment difficulties were each associated with children's adjustment difficulties in middle childhood irrespective of family type. The findings suggest that the presence of two parents-or of a male parent-is not essential for children to flourish, and add to the growing body of evidence that family structure is less influential in children's adjustment than the quality of family relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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