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) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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选择的单身母亲：童年时期的父母养育和子女调整。

对单身母亲通过选择建立的家庭进行的纵向研究的第二阶段将得出结果。比较了44位单性异性恋母亲和37位伴侣的异性恋母亲，他们的父母都带有供体概念，年龄在8-10岁左右。对母亲，孩子和老师进行了标准化的访谈，观察性调查和问卷调查，以评估母亲的健康状况，母子关系和儿童适应能力。孕产妇的心理健康，母子关系的质量或家庭类型之间儿童的情感和行为问题没有差异。然而，无论家庭类型如何，较高的父母压力和较高的儿童先前适应困难都与中年儿童的适应困难有关。研究结果表明，两个父母（或一个男性父母）的存在对于孩子的蓬勃发展不是必需的，并且越来越多的证据表明，家庭结构对孩子的适应能力的影响小于家庭关系的质量。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。