Psychotherapy Commission ACPEThis article discusses decades of data on the happiness of single parents, showing that single parents generally report lower life satisfaction than partnered parents, though comparisons with single adults without children reveal a more nuanced pattern. The review highlights factors such as income, employment, social support, and childcare infrastructure that relate to well-being among single parents.
The article is of interest to psychology readers because it aggregates large-scale data to illuminate how economic, social, and policy-related factors shape subjective well-being in a key family structure, illustrating how context and support networks influence happiness over time.
Article Title: What 50 years of data say about the happiness of single parents
Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/decades-of-data-reveal-the-reality-of-happiness-and-single-parenthood/
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