FACTORS THAT ENHANCE OR CURTAIL THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF FEMALE SINGLE PARENTS |
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| Authors: | Aysan Sev'er Marion Pirie |
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| Affiliation: | Aysan Sev'er is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto. Her work focuses on social-psychological studies of the family, gender relations, and small groups. Her most recent work is a book about divorce, in the process of publication under the title of Divorce in Canada: A Social and Sociological Analysis.;Marion Pirie is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brock University and apsychotherapist at the Psychotherapy Institute of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Her work centers in areas of family, women's health, and gende. |
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| Abstract: | Explored in this study of 67 women who have been divorced for 2 or more years are the factors enhancing or limiting the social functioning of these individuals. The path analysis identifies such factors as duration of marriage, number of children, involvement of ex-spouse, and family support as determinants of postdivorce adjustment. |
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