Mothers Now Childless : Grieving the Death of an Only Child

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-421
Author(s):  
Inese Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Only Child

The study of the relationship between parenting styles and risk-taking in adolescents in only-child families in Qazvin city

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nezal Azh ◽  
Reza Zeighami ◽  
Tahereh Ataei ◽  
Maryam Mafi
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Authoritative Parenting ◽  
Average Risk ◽  
Only Child ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Authoritative Parenting Style

AbstractObjectivesRisk-taking reasons in adolescents are divided into four cognitive, emotional, socio-environmental, and family factors. Structure, composition, and size of family as well as parenting styles effect on the development of creative abilities, transmitting cultural and social values, and the amount of adolescent risk-taking. The present study aimed to evaluate the tendency toward high-risk behaviors based on ways of interacting with children in only-child families.MethodsThis research is a descriptive analytical study. The research population was only-child adolescents and one of their parents who referred to health centers in Qazvin city to receive healthcare. The sampling has been conducted in census method. The data collection tools were adolescents’ risk-taking questionnaires and Baumrind Parenting style Inventory which were completed by adolescents and one parent, respectively. The questionnaires were completed in health centers of Qazvin City, and the sampling was conducted since February to September 2018. The SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data.ResultsOne hundred and seventeen adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years together with one of their parents participated in this study. The majority of the mothers were housewives (62.9%) and fathers were either employees or self-employed (76.9%). Authoritative parenting style was the most dominant parenting style amongst parents (93%), and the majority of the samples (78%) had the least amount of risk. The average risk-taking score of adolescents was 23.3 ± 61.29 and the highest risk-taking behavior was dangerous driving (12.83). Risk-taking amount was negatively correlated with authoritative parenting style (r = −0.20, p = 0.28), while having direct and meaningful correlation with the permissive style (r = 0.20, p = 0.02).ConclusionThe authoritative parenting style in only-child families has been a dominant trend that justifies the intimate parent-children relationships and decreases the risk-taking amount of adolescents. Therefore, parents are suggested to focus on increasing their relationship with their adolescents, rather than reducing their family size.

scholarly journals Maternal depression and loss of children under the one-child family planning policy in China: a cross-sectional study of 300 000 women

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e048554
Author(s):  
Hanyu Wang ◽  
Eric Frasco ◽  
Jie Shang ◽  
Minne Chen ◽  
Tong Xin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Child Group

ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the association between maternal depression and the loss of the only child under the family-planning (FP) policy.DesignCross-sectional data from a Chinese population-based study were analysed.SettingPopulation from 10 (5 rural and 5 urban) areas in China.ParticipantsAround 300 000 females were included in the study. The FP group was defined as women with one or two live births. Those with no surviving child were classified into the loss-of-only-child group. The non-FP group included women who had more than two live births. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) and family types, after stratification and adjustment.OutcomeMDD was assessed using the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory.ResultsThe odds of MDD are 1.42 times higher in the FP group in general (OR=1.42, 95% CI: 1.28 to 1.57), as opposed to the non-FP group. In particular, the odds of MDD are 1.36 times greater in the non-loss-of-only-child group (OR=1.36, 95% CI: 1.21 to 1.51) and 2.80 (OR=2.80, 95% CI: 0.88 to 8.94) times greater in the loss-of-only-child group, compared with the non-FP group. The associations between FP groups and MDD appeared to be stronger in the elderly population, in those who were married, less educated and those with a higher household income. The association was found progressively stronger in those who lost their only child.ConclusionsPeople in the FP group, especially those who lost their only child, are more susceptible to MDD than their counterparts in the non-FP group. Mental health programmes should give special care to those who lost their only child and take existing social policies and norms, such as FP policies, into consideration.

A Comparative Study of the Only and Non-Only Child

1930 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 411-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth B. Guilford ◽  
D. A. Worcester
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Only Child

End-of-Life Care Preference: Examination of Chinese Adults with Children and Those Who Lost Their Only Child

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1596-1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liang ◽  
Hong Liang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Hanzhang Xu ◽  
Bei Wu
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Chinese Adults

A Report on the Published and Unpublished Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford 1836-1854

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 37-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith B. Raymond
Keyword(s):  
Good Health ◽  
Robert Browning ◽  
Elizabeth Barrett Browning ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
Financial Uncertainty ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
Sick Room

Florence and Swallowfield. The very names symbolize the high and the low visibility now associated with Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mary Russell Mitford. Other contrasts could be drawn. The stifling sick-room and the garden of geraniums, the “poetess” and wife of Robert Browning and the “authoress” of Our Village who was the only child of Dr. Mitford, country gentleman. Or, to mention a point on which Miss Mitford showed some sensitivity, a life of financial freedom versus one of financial uncertainty. What was the attraction which insured the constant and copious interchange of letters, a record which can only be labelled remarkable in a century of remarkable letter-writers? The answer is a multiple one, as whoever reads Elizabeth's side of this correspondence will discover. But such a reader will also discover a whole host of subjects and figures which will give him fresh insights into the public and private lives of the correspondents, their families, and their literary circles. The excerpt which follows indicates the ease with which Elizabeth Barrett shared her thoughts with Miss Mitford whether on topics creative or critical, domestic or political, and whether uttered in sickness or in relatively good health.

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