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Ganong, Lawrence H.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
A meta-analytic review examined 26 research studies on stereotypes related to family structure. Three hypotheses were explored: that married adults, parents, and children of married parents are all perceived more favorably than their single, nonparent, or child-of-single-parent counterparts. For all three comparisons, traditional nuclear family…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Role, Family Status