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Perspectives on Single Parenting and Child Mental Health in Lagos State, Nigeria

This study focused on single parenting among women in Nigeria, specifically in the Kosofe, Surulere, Shomolu, and Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Areas in Lagos State. The study used Talcott Parsons’ Structural Functionalism Theory and John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory to explore the perspectives on single parenting and its impact on child mental health. The objectives of the study included examining parent-child relationships, perceptions of single parenting’s influence on child mental health, factors affecting single parents’ roles, and measures to support child mental health. The research desig…