Influence of Single Parenting on Self-Efficacy of Adolescents: A Comparative Study of Broken and Intact Households

Abstract

This research is a cross-sectional quantitative research design to examine how the social progress of the adolescents especially their self-efficacy was more strongly associated with single parents or intact families and to investigate in what way the absenteeism of either of the two parentages can affect the age, education, family size, and birth order. Adolescents of sole and intact domestic setup, both men, and women (N=320, 160 young from sole parents and 160 young from dual parentage) were involved in the survey asking about their self-efficacy. The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) by Schwarzer and Jerusalen was utilized to gather data. Information was scrutinized using SPSS. An important change was evident in the self-efficacy of adolescents having both parents over youngsters with sole parents. A relationship not very strong was visible amid age, schooling, and self-efficacy. For the order of birth, it was seen that adolescents having both parents remained more statistically related than teenagers having only parents. The results approved a sturdy household arrangement to strengthen intact families working by stressing the combined domestic relations that exclusively help boost both marital and paternal and maternal grandparents and grandchild relationships. The sociologists and teachers occupied with step-parentages must pay attention to both endorsing pessimistic approaches like passionate dealings, robust matrimonial bondage, and self-assurance in marriages.