An Exploratory Study on Psychosocial Variables of Single Parent Involvement in Education

Despite the proliferation of studies on parent involvement, few have specifically examined the psychosocial variables of single parent involvement. In this qualitative study, ten single mothers with children in the first two years of primary school were interviewed to explore psychosocial variables...

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Published inAsia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 92 - 103
Main Authors CHIA, ELIZABETH Y.M., WOO, PEIYI, ZHUANG, XINYAN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2011
Subjects
parent involvement
school-family-community partnerships
Single parents
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Summary:Despite the proliferation of studies on parent involvement, few have specifically examined the psychosocial variables of single parent involvement. In this qualitative study, ten single mothers with children in the first two years of primary school were interviewed to explore psychosocial variables of their involvement in education. Financial assistance, personal resilience and support from loved ones especially grandparents supported their involvement. The lack of time to provide supervision due to long hours spent at work, low wages, difficulties with quality supervision of children's homework and grandparents' differences in disciplinary practices prevented their involvement. Implications for school-community-family partnerships were discussed.
ISSN:0218-5385
2165-0993
DOI:10.1080/21650993.2011.9756109