The participants completed a self-report questionnaire that comprised of the Social Provisions Scale, and the Parenting Sense of Competence scale. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used to investigate the data.#A significant positive relationship between social support and parental ...
Keywords: parenting, family structure, single mothers, autonomy support, psychological control. Divorce rate trends in South Africa are consistent with international divorce rates. According to Statistics South Africa (2008), the past decade has seen a marked increase in divorce rates within the ...
Although progress has been made toward reducing child morbidity and mortality globally, a large proportion of children in sub-Saharan Africa still die before age five and many suffer chronic malnutrition. This study investigated the influence of single motherhood on stunting and under-5 mortality in ...
Maternal parenting in single and two-parent fami- lies in South Africa from a child's perspective. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 39(5), 577---586.Roman, N. (2011). Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective. Social ...