Golombok Susan, Zadeh Sophie, Freeman Tabitha, Lysons Joanna, Foley Sarah
Centre for Family Research.
Thomas Coram Research Unit.
J Fam Psychol. 2021 Mar;35(2):192-202. doi: 10.1037/fam0000797. Epub 2020 Sep 17.
Findings are presented of the second phase of a longitudinal study of families created by single mothers by choice. Forty-four single heterosexual mothers were compared with 37 partnered heterosexual mothers, all with a donor-conceived child aged around 8-10 years. Standardized interview, observational, and questionnaire measures of maternal wellbeing, mother-child relationships and child adjustment were administered to mothers, children, and teachers. There were no differences in maternal mental health, the quality of mother-child relationships or children's emotional and behavioral problems between family types. However, higher levels of parenting stress and higher levels of children's prior adjustment difficulties were each associated with children's adjustment difficulties in middle childhood irrespective of family type. The findings suggest that the presence of two parents-or of a male parent-is not essential for children to flourish, and add to the growing body of evidence that family structure is less influential in children's adjustment than the quality of family relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
本文呈现了一项针对单亲母亲自主选择组建家庭的纵向研究第二阶段的研究结果。研究将44名单身异性恋母亲与37名有伴侣的异性恋母亲进行了比较，她们的孩子均通过捐赠受孕，年龄在8至10岁左右。研究对母亲、孩子和教师进行了标准化访谈、观察，并采用问卷调查的方式，评估母亲的幸福感、母子关系以及孩子的适应情况。不同家庭类型在母亲心理健康、母子关系质量或孩子的情绪和行为问题方面并无差异。然而，无论家庭类型如何，较高的育儿压力水平和孩子先前较高的适应困难水平均与童年中期孩子的适应困难相关。研究结果表明，父母双方或男性家长的存在并非孩子茁壮成长的必要条件，同时也进一步证明，与家庭关系质量相比，家庭结构对孩子适应能力的影响较小。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2021美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
