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ISSN No : 2249-894X ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Monthly Multidisciplinary Research Journal

Review Of Research Journal Chief Editors Ashok Yakkaldevi A R Burla College, India Kamani Perera Regional Centre For Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka

Ecaterina Patrascu Spiru Haret University, Bucharest

Welcome to Review Of Research RNI MAHMUL/2011/38595 ISSN No.2249-894X Review Of Research Journal is a multidisciplinary research journal, published monthly in English, Hindi & Marathi Language. All research papers submitted to the journal will be double - blind peer reviewed referred by members of the editorial Board readers will include investigator in universities, research institutes government and industry with research interest in the general subjects. Regional Editor Dr. T. Manichander

Advisory Board Delia Serbescu Kamani Perera Regional Centre For Strategic Studies, Sri Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania Lanka Xiaohua Yang University of San Francisco, San Francisco Ecaterina Patrascu Spiru Haret University, Bucharest Karina Xavier Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Fabricio Moraes de AlmeidaFederal USA University of Rondonia, Brazil Anna Maria Constantinovici AL. I. Cuza University, Romania

May Hongmei Gao Kennesaw State University, USA

Romona Mihaila Spiru Haret University, Romania

Marc Fetscherin Rollins College, USA Liu Chen Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

Mabel Miao Center for China and Globalization, China Ruth Wolf University Walla, Israel Jie Hao University of Sydney, Australia Pei-Shan Kao Andrea University of Essex, United Kingdom Loredana Bosca Spiru Haret University, Romania Ilie Pintea Spiru Haret University, Romania

Mahdi Moharrampour Islamic Azad University buinzahra Branch, Qazvin, Iran

Govind P. Shinde Nimita Khanna Director, Isara Institute of Management, New Bharati Vidyapeeth School of Distance Education Center, Navi Mumbai Delhi

Titus Pop PhD, Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania

Salve R. N. Sonal Singh Department of Sociology, Shivaji University, Vikram University, Ujjain Kolhapur Jayashree Patil-Dake P. Malyadri MBA Department of Badruka College Government Degree College, Tandur, A.P. Commerce and Arts Post Graduate Centre (BCCAPGC),Kachiguda, Hyderabad S. D. Sindkhedkar PSGVP Mandal's Arts, Science and Maj. Dr. S. Bakhtiar Choudhary Commerce College, Shahada [ M.S. ] Director,Hyderabad AP India.

J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR King Abdullah University of Science & Technology,Saudi Arabia.

George - Calin SERITAN Postdoctoral Researcher Faculty of Philosophy and Socio-Political Anurag Misra DBS College, Kanpur Sciences Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi C. D. Balaji Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai REZA KAFIPOUR Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Bhavana vivek patole Shiraz, Iran PhD, Elphinstone college mumbai-32 Rajendra Shendge Director, B.C.U.D. Solapur University, Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya Secretary, Play India Play (Trust),Meerut Solapur (U.P.) Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya

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Review Of Research Volume - 6 | Issue - 9 | June - 2017

THE AGONY OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN KERALA

Saranya T. S.1 and Nigesh K.2 1 Ph.D. Scholar , Dept. of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University. 2 Clinical Psychologist.

ABSTRACT: arenting is an art where both father and mother works collectively to help their children for survival and autonomy. In the present scenario, the task of parenting is a difficult one. In order to provide a quality life to children, both parents invest their maximum time, effort and resources into the task of parenting. But, nurturing children single-handedly is a difficult process both financially and psychologically. Single mothers often found themselves in agony and distress due to lack of support from family and society. In the present study, the researchers focused on the mental health problem of depression on single mothers of Kerala. To achieve the purpose of the study the researchers collected data from 60 mothers out of which 30 are married and 30 are single mothers. The results of the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between socio-economic background and depression among mothers of Kerala. The study also revealed that marital status has a significant effect on depression among the mothers (p