Single-Parent Families: A Typology of Life-Styles.

Mendes, Helen A.

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Publication Date: 1979-May

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Single-Parent Families: A Typology of Life-Styles.

Mendes, Helen A.

Social Work, v24 n3 p193-200 May 1979

Presents a beginning conceptualization of five distinct life-styles of single-parent families. Social workers can help such families anticipate and deal with the psychosocial risks and make maximum use of the unique opportunities of the life-style they adopt. (Author)

Descriptors: Heads of Households, Individual Psychology, Life Style, One Parent Family, Parent Child Relationship, Typology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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