ABSTRACT
Much research has been devoted to work-family relationships, but almost none has focused on single working parents. The present research compared a volunteer sample of single and married working parents of both sexes. Solo parents were found to engage in more agentic behavior than their married counterparts, but were only marginally more agentic in their self-concept. However, unlike married parents, agentic behavior had no relationship with well-being. Although analysis of variance showed they valued extrinsic rewards from work more than married parents, covariance analysis revealed that this was associated with their relative economic deprivation.
