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KMID : 1025820150230040843
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Family and Family Therapy
2015 Volume.23 No. 4 p.843 ~ p.862
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Anxiety and Life Satisfaction within Single-Mother and Single-Father Households
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Oh Seung-Ha
Moon Soo-Kyung
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Abstract
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Objectives: Due to the increased number of widows and divorcees, single-parent families are becoming more common family formations. As such, family support systems that would resolve economic, psychological, and child rearing issues have become society’s interest. However, support systems for single-parent families are inadequate and the life satisfaction of such families is low, so the need for suitable family support programs is rising. This study analyzed the relationship between single-parents’ anxiety and life satisfaction, and compared single-mother and single-father families to provide baseline data for developing a better family support program for single-parent families.
Methods: The study’s sample was 255 single-parent households in a town in Chungcheongdo province. SPSS 22.0 software was used for analysis.
Results: The most influential factors in the causal relationship between anxiety and life satisfaction in single-parent families are average monthly income, the number of children in the household, and the dwelling pattern. No significance was found in socio-demographic factors among single-father families, but among the single-mother families, the number of children was found to be a major factor.
Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest the need for developing suitable family support programs for single-parent households.
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KEYWORD
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Single parent family, anxiety, life satisfaction, family support
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