Single Parent Families Research Paper

“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” – Pope John Paul II
As soon as we step in this world, the first individuals we come across is our family. In fact, one Hispanic-American philosopher named George Santayana said “The family is one of nature's masterpieces.” (Reason in Society, 1905 retrieved from http://iat.iupui.edu/santayana).The first person is the mother who has taken great pain to bring us to the world and the father who is always there to provide care and security. A sacred scripture like the Bible also speaks of the love that can be found in the family, wherein children are taught knowledge and morals (Catholic Education Resource Center Education [CERS], 2005).
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From the industrialized countries, United States was at the higher end of single parenthood having 25.8 percent of its children living with just a mother or a father. On the other hand, last 2012 in England and Wales, there was roughly 13 divorces or parental separation per hour and it is expected that 42% of marriages will end in separation. (Guardian News and Media, 2014 retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com). In China, on the other hand, approximately 40% of marriage ends up in divorce especially in their major cities Hong Kong, Taipei, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (Collard, 2014). Truly, separation rates have increased sharply not just in the Philippines but also

With continuous research that mainly involves effects to individuals from separated parents, life satisfaction is one area that needs to focus on as according to Hosseinkhanzadeh and Taher (2012) it is the foundation of well-being hence equivalent to increasing quality and meaningful life. It is the fundamental component of optimism and positive outlook to reach one’s goal like anyone’s dream in life – Success. Furthermore, one research stated that studies of individuals from broken homes’ optimal being, as reflected by sense of over-all life satisfaction and with its spheres like family, friends, self and school has been scant (Antaramian, 2008). Furthermore, studies on life satisfaction are generated only on comparative studies with complete and incomplete families like broken homes (Sepahmansour & Bayat, 2011 and Antaramian, 2008). With life satisfaction of adolescents from broken homes remains inadequate and focuses mainly on comparing them with intact or complete families, the researcher wanted to focus on individuals from non-intact family like that of broken homes alone primarily to understand them better and in-depth as they are usually the ones that portrays negative effects and consequences based on previous researches and studies. With that mentioned, the researcher attempted to