Working Mother as Single Parent and Personality Development of Adolescent:A Studies Based Psychological Analysis

Primary object of this studies based literature review is to analyze the effect of single parenthood on personality development of adolescents- where single parent is mother, and though working, but single parent. The past researches and studies suggest that parents play their key role in shaping and developing the personality of their growing teens directly and indirectly . So, what about the personality of those adolescents who live with their single parent. The status of single parenthood of such teens may be due to separation, divorce, or death of father. The point of interest here, is to analyze the personality pattern of such adolescents, in order to find the answer, whether they grow normally with a healthy personality as their those counterparts do, who are from those families where they enjoy the cajoling from their both parents . Usually, it is believed that the main cause of juvenile delinquency and adulthood criminality is absence of adequate paternal supervision. It is just single point. Such several points are taken up. Various personality domains of such adolescents are taken one by one , and the inferences are supported with the findings of the empirical studies, researches, experiments, and surveys- have held in this field. All of these efforts are made with a psychological perspective . For this purpose several past years, and recent, as well, studies are compiled to provide the abstract thoughts a concrete shape in form of present research paper. Such efforts will prove helpful to those mothers who are single parent of growing children and are facing such problems with their children. It also will prove helpful to formulate adequate plans, and policies, so that, such personalities deformities of adolescents can be prevented before they occur.