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An Empirical Investigation Into the Intellectual, Physical, Psychological, and Social Consequences of Being Reared an Only Child. Final Report.
Doby, John T.; And Others – 1980
Declining family size plus the widespread belief that only children experience adjustment difficulties provided the impetus for this investigation comparing the characteristics of only children with children raised in multiple-sibling families. Results indicated that being reared as an only child actually provided a slight developmental advantage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Blacks, Children
The Adjustment of Australian Children Growing Up in Single-Parent Families as Measured by Their Competence and Self-Esteem.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Pike, Lisbeth T. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2003
Compared the competence and self-esteem of 136 Australian primary school-aged children from different single-parent residency arrangements to those of a matched sample of two-parent children. Found that overall, single-parent children were not significantly different from two-parent children in competence levels and self-esteem. Found subtle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Competence