Single parents, unhappy parents? Parenthood, partnership, and the cultural normative context.

Autor/inn/en	Stavrova, Olga; Fetchenhauer, Detlef
Titel	Single parents, unhappy parents? Parenthood, partnership, and the cultural normative context. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Alleinerziehende Elternteile, unglückliche Elternteile? Elternschaft, Partnerschaft und der kulturell-normative Kontext.
Quelle	In: Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 46 (2015) 1, S. 134-149 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0221; 1552-5422
DOI	10.1177/0022022114551160
Schlagwörter	Wohlbefinden; Zufriedenheit; Soziale Norm; Eltern; Interkulturelle Differenz; Leben; Individualismus; Kollektivismus; Allein erziehender Elternteil
Abstract	Addressed the question of whether single parents are worse off than their partnered counterparts. It was intended to show that whether single parents are actually less happy than partnered parents depends on a country's cultural norms regarding childbearing practices. Two large-scale international data sets (the European Values Study and the European Social Survey) were used, covering altogether 43 countries. Results show that only in collectivist countries and countries with a strong two-parent family norm did parenthood negatively affect the life satisfaction and the emotional well-being of single but not partnered (married or cohabiting) individuals. Furthermore, results revealed that the detrimental effect of a country's social norm of a two-parent family existed even among single parents who did not share this norm themselves. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3