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The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that were related to single-parent children''''''''s emotional stability. These factors included child rearing practices and family environment. A questionnaire was constructed to survey on 759 single and two-parent children aged from 11 to 13 who were randomly selected from elementary schools in southern Taiwan.The scales included Child-Rearing Practices Scales, Family Environment Scales, and Emotional Stability Scales. The major finding included (a) The most common child-rearing practices among parents are either neglectful or authoritative, (b) A better-off family environment has a positive influence on children''''''''s emotional stability, (c)Parents'''''''' socioeconomic status was found to be related to children''''''''s child-rearing practices, family environment, and emotional stability, (d) With whom the child stayed (either father or mother) was found to be related to children''''''''s child-rearing practices, family environment, and emotional stability, (e) There were significant differences in terms of child-rearing practices, family environment, emotional stability between single-parent children and intact-family children. (f) Child- rearing practices and family environment were found to be related to children''''''''s emotional stability, (g) Single- parent children''''''''s emotional stability was found to be connected with fathers'''''''' child-rearing practices and family environment, (h)Single-parent children''''''''s child-rearing practices was found to be related to family environment, (i)Single-parents'''''''' child-rearing practices was found to be related to emotional stability, (j)Socioeconomic status was found to be related to single-parent children''''''''s family environment, (k) With whom the child stayed (either father or mother) was found to be related to single-parent children''''''''s family environment. Searching should be done to the single-parent families: 1. Single parents should use open and authoritative child-rearing practices. 2. Single parents should pay attention to the family atmosphere to promote parent-child relationship. 3. Single parents should lay emphasis on the establishment of an intact family. 4. The emotional control of single-parent children can be improved by group-consultation. 5. Schools should contact with single -parent families as often as possible. 6. Assistance of financial support and job-searching should be done to the single -parent families. 7.Social education institutes should hold activities for single-parent families to improve the relationship between parents and children.
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