Psychopathology and economic status in mother-only and mother-father families.
This paper reports evidence on the link between economic resources and psychiatric disorder in female-headed families with children. It has been assumed that a father's absence leads to augmented psychopathology in children and their mother through the disruption of roles, relationships, socialization and development. This study suggests that the absence of father/husband compounds the stress of family separation by diminishing household income, often to the point of poverty.
Swanson
J W
JW
Holzer
C E
CE
Canavan
M M
MM
Adams
P L
PL
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors