Childhood Family Structure and Personality Disorders in Adulthood

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kantojärvi ◽  
M. Joukamaa ◽  
J. Miettunen ◽  
K. Läksy ◽  
A. Herva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractBackground.The association between childhood family structure and sociodemographic characteristics and personality disorders (PDs) in a general population sample was studied.Methods.This study is a substudy of the prospective Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Project with 1588 young adult subjects. The case-finding methods according to the DSM-III-R criteria for PDs were: (1) Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) for 321 cases who participated in a 2-phase field study, (2) Finnish Hospital Discharge Register data, and (3) analysis of the patient records in public outpatient care in 1982–1997. Statistical analyses were performed on the association between PDs and family background factors.Results.Altogether 110 (7.0%) of the subjects had at least one probable or definite PD. After adjusting for confounders (gender, parental social class and parental psychiatric disorder) the results indicated that single-parent family type in childhood was associated with cluster B PDs in adulthood. Being an only child in childhood was associated with cluster A PDs. No special childhood risk factors were found for cluster C PDs.Conclusions.Results suggest that single-parent family type at birth and being an only child in the 1960s are associated with PD in adulthood. Further studies are needed to explore the psychosocial aspects of family environment which may nowadays promote vulnerability to PDs in adulthood.

Teenage Pregnancy and its Support System in Korea

2014 ◽  
pp. 137-163
Author(s):  
Naoko Sôma ◽  
Jiyoon Park ◽  
Sun-Hee Baek ◽  
Akemi Morita
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Unmarried Mothers ◽  
Family Support Act

While family structure continues to diversify in Korean society, society’s rejection of unmarried mothers continues to be a strong obstacle. However, Korean teenage mothers increasingly are deciding to raise their own children and live their daily lives in communities that hold biases and express rejection towards them. At present, the Single-Parent Family Support Act is central to the development of support policies for unmarried mothers, but as pointed out in this study, it is important to implement detailed, individualized, comprehensive, and continual assistance, not limited to those who opt for childrearing but also towards all unmarried mothers who opt for adoption. While raising one’s own child, it is important to provide long-term and continual support and support that helps the recipient foresee how she can step her way up to independence, rather than short-term and sporadic handouts.

scholarly journals Association between Family Structure and Physical Activity of Chinese Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Jing Qi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
Significant Difference

Background. This study examines the association between family structure and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) of adolescents in China.Methods. The participants included 612 adolescents (317 boys and 295 girls) from Shanghai with ages ranging from 10 to 16 years. Accelerometers were used to measure the duration of MVPA of adolescents, and questionnaires on family structure were completed by the parents of these adolescents.Results. Findings suggested that family structure significantly increased the likelihood of adolescents engaging in physical activity (PA) and explained 6% of MPVA variance. Adolescents living in single-parent households and step families were more physically active than those living in two-parent homes and with biological parents, respectively. However, adolescents residing with grandparents were less active than those living with neither grandparent. No significant difference was found in MVPA time between adolescents living with one sibling and those without siblings.Conclusion. Family environment may be considered in the development of PA interventions and policies, and adolescents living with their grandparents may be targeted in PA promotion.

Reflections on Entitlement to a Child in Australian Women's Journals 1947–1987

1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Harper
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Unmarried Mothers ◽  
Alternative Type ◽  
Illegitimate Children ◽  
Women's Journals

In the Macquarie Dictionary, a family is defined as “parents and their children, whether dwelling together or not”. To be a couple with no children puts one outside of this category when family is defined in that way. Indeed, it is only recently that the term “single parent family” has been coined and accepted as an alternative type of family structure. Prior to the seventies the reference was to the “single mother and her child” and earlier still, “unmarried mothers” and “illegitimate children” — “fillius nullis”, child of nobody, until the Children's Equality of Status Act in 1977.Society still appears to hold the nuclear family as the ideal2 that is a male and a female, preferably married with one or more children. A couple remain a couple and are not considered a family until such time as they have a child. For those who wish to have a child but are unable to have one, this constitutes a painful situation, but one towards which society feels compassion and in the view of the author, supports the notion that couples are entitled to a child.

Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study

2021 ◽  
pp. 140349482110585
Author(s):  
Suvi Parikka ◽  
Tuija Martelin ◽  
Sakari Karvonen ◽  
Esko Levälahti ◽  
Laura Kestilä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Background ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Meal Frequency ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Difference

Aims: Childhood nutrition patterns have an important role in later health. We studied the role of family type, other family background factors and their changes over a five-year follow-up with respect to meal frequency among children. Methods: Longitudinal data were collected in 2007–2009 and 2013–2014. A nationally representative sample of Finnish children ( n = 1822) aged 0.5–5 years at baseline and 5–10 years at follow-up and their families were used. The participation rate was 83% at baseline and 54% at follow-up. Meal frequency was defined as four to six meals per day. The associations of meal frequency with family background factors over a five-year follow-up period were examined by bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. Results: Eighty-nine per cent of the 5–10-year-old boys and girls had the recommended meal frequency at follow-up. Living in a single-parent family at baseline increased the risk of not eating the recommended number of meals compared with those living in intact families. After adjustments, a mother’s low level of education (OR 0.51, CI 0.29–0.93) and a decrease in income sufficiency (OR 0.54, CI 0.35–0.84) during the follow-up period were unfavourably associated with the recommended meal frequency. The difference between children in stable single-parent, reconstituted or joint physical custody families and those living in stable intact families remained significant when controlling for other variables. Conclusions: Single-parent families with a low socioeconomic position represent important target groups for interventions designed to promote regular meal frequency.

Features of control of behavior of young people from complete and single-parent families

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. I. Vetrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Volitional Control ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Complete Family ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Family

The paper is describe the study of features of control of behavior of young man and girl from complete and single-parent families. The data of 114 people aged 18 to 21 years (average age 19.7 years) were analyzed. Of these, 23 men from the complete family and 21 from the single-parent family (44 boys in total)? 38 girls from the complete family and 32girls from the incomplete family (70 girls in total) in terms of cognitive, emotional and volitional control, as components of unifying regulatory construct “control of behavior” (Sergienko, 2018). It was shown that the family type is important for the development of control of behavior for boys in comparison with girls. Boys from complete families have more developed abilities in the field of recognition and regulation of emotions in comparison with boys from single-parent families. In addition, for boys their age is important when the family has become incomplete from the position of the development of cognitive independence.

scholarly journals Single-parent Family Structure, Psychological, Social and Cognitive Development of Children in Ekiti State

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Akinlabi Falana ◽  
Festus Olatunji Bada ◽  
Christian Junior Ayodele
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family

The Jihadis and the Family

2021 ◽  
pp. 224-271
Author(s):  
Farhad Khosrokhavar
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Violent Action ◽  
And Behavior

Chapter 4 examines the ways in which the circumstances and dynamics of a family can affect the decisions and behavior of its members, including decisions leading to jihadism. Regarding Europeans jihadis, in many cases the analysis of their family background sheds light on their radicalization. Some configurations, such as the single-parent family or stepfamily, play a role in young people’s radicalization, particularly broken families, especially among Muslims living in ghettoized neighborhoods. Some people used family as the setting for their violent action: brothers, sisters, cousins, and, more exceptionally, fathers or mothers. For others, coming from broken families, jihadi violence was a continuation of family violence. In some cases, members of crisis-stricken families (brothers, cousins) were reconciled through their joint participation in jihadi action. Three types of families in crisis can be mentioned: the headless patriarchal family, the neo-traditional family, and the stepfamily. All of them are marked by the crisis of authority in the home, which can lead to feelings of guilt (self-blame) or injustice. These feelings, in some cases, can contribute to a person’s involvement in jihadism. One can also distinguish jihadi “fratriarchy” (brotherhood), and “jihadophile” families.

An Examination Between Single-Parent Family Background and Drunk Driving in Adulthood: Findings From The Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Sauvola ◽  
Jouko Miettunen ◽  
Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin ◽  
Pirkko Rasanen
Keyword(s):  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family

Children in Single-Father Families in Demographic Perspective

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID J. EGGEBEEN ◽  
ANASTASIA R. SNYDER ◽  
WENDY D. MANNING
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Single Father ◽  
The Social ◽  
Low Incomes ◽  
Economic Well Being

The purpose of this article is to examine the other (much more neglected) single-parent family type: those single-parent families headed by fathers. We use specially constructed child files from the 1960-1990 Public Use Microdata Samples data from the Census of Population to address two general questions: (a) To what extent has both the likelihood and the demographic characteristics of these families changed over time? (b) What are the consequences for children of living in different kinds of father-only families? We find that single-father families are comparatively rare, but increasing rapidly, especially since 1980. Increasingly, these families are formed by fathers who are young, never married, with low incomes, and fewer children. Analysis of the 1990 data reveal wide diversity in living arrangements among children in single-father families. Furthermore, the social capital of children's fathers, the availability of adults, and children's economic well-being vary markedly across these types of families.

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