Single-Parent Fatherhood: An Emerging Family Life Style

Identifying the role orientation of recently divorced women holds promise for further understanding the divorce process and the family life cycle of nonnuclear families. The authors describe how 30 female heads of family perceived their adaptation to divorce and to the reconstruction and development of their family units. Results of this exploratory study further suggest that the meaning and value a divorced woman attaches to the mothering component of her role as well as the comfort she feels in accepting a work identity affect the ways in which she adapts to being a single parent. The consequences of this adaptation, in turn, alter the content of the family life cycle.

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Family Life Education for Single Parent Families

Family Relations ◽

10.2307/584340 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 517 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Blaine R. Porter ◽

Randy S. Chatelain

Keyword(s):

Family Life ◽

Single Parent ◽

Family Life Education ◽

Single Parent Families ◽

Life Education

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Family Life Course Status and Volunteer Behavior: Implications for the Single Parent

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.2307/1389168 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 483-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Richard A. Sundeen

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Family Life ◽

Single Parent

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Skilsmisse og bolig - hvor flytter hjemfølelsen hen?

Dansk Sociologi ◽

10.22439/dansoc.v18i4.2303 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 49-68

Author(s):

Kirsten Gram-Hanssen ◽

Claus Bech-Danielsen

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Family Life ◽

Nuclear Family ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Single Parent ◽

Living Alone ◽

International Literature ◽

Housing Situation ◽

The Family ◽

Positive Experiences

Bolig, familieliv og hjemfølelse er historisk og kulturelt tæt knyttet sammen. I denne artikel er vi derfor interesseret i, hvad der sker med forholdet til boligen og med hjemfølelsen, når familien går i opløsning, og en eller begge parter flytter i forbindelse med en skilsmisse. Artiklen rummer dels en teoretisk introduktion til den internationale teori vedrørende bolig og hjemfølelse, dels en analyse af kvalitative interview med fraskilte om deres praktiske og følelsesmæssige forhold til deres bolig og hjem før og efter skilsmissen. Analysen peger på, at de følelsesmæssige bånd til en familiebolig kan forsvinde i dét øjeblik, beslutningen om en skilsmisse er truffet. Det praktiske arbejde med at etablere og indrette et nyt hjem kan blive en vigtig måde at søge ny identitet som enlig, og problemer med at finde et sted at bo, og deraf følgende midlertidige boliger, kan derfor gøre livet efter skilsmissen ekstra svært. Undersøgelsen peger endvidere på, at til trods for at mange fraskilte oplever det positivt at bo alene i en periode, så lever drømmen om kernefamilie og familiebolig videre. De fleste interviewpersoner giver således udtryk for, at de forestiller sig, at de på et tidspunkt etablerer en ny familiebolig med en ny partner. ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Kirsten Gram-Hanssen & Claus Bech-Danielsen: Divorce and Housing: Where does the Feeling of Being Home Move? House and home are historically and culturally closely connected to family life. In this article we investigate the ways in which the housing situation and the feeling of home are affected by divorce – when some or all members of the family move out of the matrimonial house. The article is based on an international literature review on the meaning of housing and home and on qualitative interviews of four men and five women in Denmark who were interviewed about their experiences with housing and home while being divorced. The article points out that emotional relations to the matrimonial house may disappear at the very moment the decision is made to divorce. It also points out that the practical work of creating a new home can play an important role in the process finding a new identity as a single parent. Many people find that life after being divorced is very difficult, when problems in finding a new house result in a number of temporary housing situations. Finally it is stressed that, even though many divorcees have positive experiences living alone, they never give up the dream of the nuclear family. Most of the interviewees picture themselves living in a new matrimonial house with a future partner. Key words: Housing, home, divorce, family, qualitative interviews.

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