Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 50 No. 3, 2022.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2022.320
Some Indicators of Psychologic Wellbeing of Mothers from Single parent Families
Romana Galić
; City of Zagreb, City Office for Social Protection, Health, Veterans and Invalid Persons, Zagreb, Croatia;
Olja Družić Ljubotina
orcid.org/0000-0003-4298-0409
; Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Study Centre of Social Work, Zagreb, Croatia
Nika Sušac
; Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Study Centre of Social Work, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Family structure and the quality of family relationships are important determinants of psychological wellbeing and
quality of life of children and parents. Research in the field of psychological wellbeing in family context has been mainly
focusing on children in relation to parents. As regards single parent families, it is known that they face a number of
challenges of single parenting, including material, social, psychological and other aspects. Previous research in the field
of mental health of parents from single parent families is quite scarce. Our paper presents a study conducted with mothers
from single and two-parent families with the aim to examine the differences between the two categories according to
their economic status, level of parental stress, social support and psychological wellbeing as well as some determinants
of psychological wellbeing, depending on parental status of the family. The results show that mothers from single parent
families did not differ in overall psychological wellbeing compared to mothers from two-parent families, but indicated a
tendency to a higher level of depression. Mothers from single parent families perceived a lesser degree of social support
and had a less affluent material position. Various aspects of material position and parental stress were shown to be
significant predictors of psychological wellbeing, while social support proved to be a significant predictor of psychological
wellbeing in mothers in two-parent families.
Ključne riječi
Psychologic Wellbeing; Single Parent Families; Social Support; Parental Stress; Economic Status
Hrčak ID:
292588
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.1.2023.
Posjeta: 537 *