The Effect of Single Mother Parenting on Adolescent’s Development in Tanzania : A Case of Lindi Municipality Secondary Schools.

Abdulrahman,, Yusuph (2025) The Effect of Single Mother Parenting on Adolescent’s Development in Tanzania : A Case of Lindi Municipality Secondary Schools. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This dissertation aimed to examine the effect of single-mother parenting on adolescent development where the title of the study is The Effect of Single Mother Parenting on Adolescent Development in Tanzania, a case of Lindi municipality secondary schools. The study is guided by three specific objectives, namely, to examine adolescent’s academic performance, to explore the difference in behaviour between students from single mothers and those from dual parents and to describe the difference in academic performance between students from single mothers and those from dual parents. The study used Bowly’s Attachment theory to guide the study. The study involved 81 respondents, and a structured questionnaire was used for respondents as a method of data collection. The study collected data from respondents and analyzed data using descriptive data analysis. Findings in this study indicate that about 75% of students from single-mother parents do not have enough stationery, whereas only 25% of students from dual parents do not have enough stationery. It concluded that single mothers failed to support the academic performance of their children since they failed to pay school expenses. Also, it recognized that students from single-mother parents have unacceptable behaviors in the community than students from dual parents. This is because parents’ attachment to children may develop good behavior to children through close care of parents, but single mothers seem to have little time to take care of children. They leave the child to develop their behavior, which is very risky in future, life. It is recommended that the government support students from single mothers by providing free food access to school, removing all academic expenses, and building special hostels for vulnerable groups of students from single mothers.

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