doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000017975
Article type: Original Research
1 March 1977
Volume 2 Issue 1
doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000017975
Article type: Original Research
1 March 1977
Volume 2 Issue 1
The Single Parent Family: A Review of the Literature
Penny Burgess, Michael S. Nystul
Affiliations
1 Dept. of Psychology, Queensland
Penny Burgess1
Michael S. Nystul1
Affiliations
1 Dept. of Psychology, Queensland
Abstract
At least 160,000 Australian men and women are single parents as the result of separation, divorce, death of the spouse, or birth out of wedlock (Social Welfare Commission, 1976). With the custody, care and control of approximately 282,000 children, these single parents can face an array of social problems and, as Schlesinger (1972) observed, warrant greater attention from the helping professions.