Citation

Sweeney RB, Bracken BA. Can. J. Sch. Psychol. 2000; 16(1): 39-52.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/082957350001600103

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research explored the relationships between students' multidimensional selfconcepts as a function of students' family structure. Participants were 815 adolescent and preadolescent children, ages 9 to 19, selected from 17 sites across the four major regions of the United States. Students were classified into five family types (i.e., intact, reconstituted mother-headed, reconstituted father-headed, single parent mother-headed, single parent father-headed).

RESULTS indicated that the total self-concepts of students from single-parent families were significantly lower than the global scores of students from intact families. Family self-concepts of students from reconstituted families were significantly lower than students from intact families. This finding highlights the sensitivity of domain-specific selfconcepts.

Language: en