Single Parent Families Diversity, Myths and Realities

Name: Single Parent Families Diversity, Myths and Realities
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ISBN: 9781560246886

ISBN-10: 156024688X

ISBN-13: 9781560246886

Edition: 1994

Authors: Marvin B. Sussman, Shirley Hanson, Doris J. Julian, Marvin B. Sussman

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Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/8/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 632
Size: 7.17" wide x 8.82" long x 1.69" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Kwansa is Associate Professor in the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management Department at the University of Delaware, where she teaches hospitality finance and managerial accounting.Sussman is UNIDEL Professor of Human Behavior Emeritus at the College of Human Resources at the University of Delaware.



Preface


Acknowledgements



Single Parent Families: Present and Future Perspectives




Single Parents and Wider Families in the New Context of Legitimacy




A Conceptualization of Parenting: Examining the Single Parent Family




The Changing Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Single Parent Families




The Economics of Single Parenthood: Past Research and Future Directions




Poverty and the Single Mother Family: A Macroeconomic Perspective




Homeless Female-Headed Families: Relationships at Risk




Single Parenthood and the Law




Single Mothers with Custody Following Divorce




Single Fathers with Custody Following Separation and Divorce




Noncustodial Mothers Following Divorce




Noncustodial Fathers Following Divorce




Noncustodial Parents: Emergent Issues of Diversity and Process




Never Married/Biological Teen Mother Headed Household




Young Nonresident Biological Fathers




Context and Surrogate Parenting Among Contemporary Grandparents




Adoptions by Single Parents




Single Parenting in Families of Children with Disabilities




Single Parent Widows: Stressors, Appraisal, Coping, Resources, Grieving Responses and Health




Widowers as Single Fathers




Single Parent Families: A Bookshelf




Video/Filmography on Single Parenting




Resources for Single Parent Families




Quality of Life and Well-Being of Single Parent Families: Disparate Voices or a Long Overdue Chorus?




From Stereotype to Archetype: Single Parent Families



Index


Biographical Sketch of Authors


Glossary of Terms