Social support, stress and self-esteem in women from single-parent and bi-parent families
The objectives of the current study were to describe the characteristics of women from single-parent families and bi-parent families; and to compare their scores of social support, stress and self-esteem. We worked with a nonprobabilistic sample of 210 mothers, 105 from bi-parent families and 105 fr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Santo Tomás
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Summa Psicologica UST |
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| Online Access: | http://summapsicologica.cl/index.php/summa/article/view/79 |
| Summary: | The objectives of the current study were to describe the characteristics of women from single-parent families and bi-parent families; and to compare their scores of social support, stress and self-esteem. We worked with a nonprobabilistic sample of 210 mothers, 105 from bi-parent families and 105 from single-parent families. Participants were interviewed in their houses. The mean age was 39.9 years old, and the children average was 2.1. Main results using Mann-Whitney U to compare differences between types of families showed that single woman score lower on scales of social support and self-esteem, and higher on scale of stress than women from bi-parent families. |
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| ISSN: | 0718-0446 0719-448X |