Psychiatry and Psychology

Single Parent

A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. The concept includes the never-married, as well as the divorced and widowed.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. The concept includes the never-married, as well as the divorced and widowed.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Parent, Single
  • Parents, Single
  • Single Parents
  • Single Step-Parent
  • Single Stepparent
  • Single Step Parent
  • Single Step-Parents
  • Single Stepparents
  • Step-Parent, Single
  • Step-Parents, Single
  • Stepparent, Single
  • Stepparents, Single

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

never-married, divorced or widowed: read MeSH definition

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History Note

89

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Previous Indexing

  • Parents (1969-1988)
  • Single Person (1968-1988)

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Tree Numbers

  1. F01.829w.263w.315.500w.725w.700w
  2. F01.829w.263w.875w.785w
  3. I01w.240w.361.500w.725w.700w
  4. I01w.880w.853.150w.423.500w.725w.700w
  5. I01w.880w.853.150w.688w.785w
  6. M01w.620w.785w
  7. N01.224w.361.500w.725w.700w
  8. N01.824w.308.500w.725w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Single Parent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015406. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015406
  2. Single Parent. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_parent
  3. Single Parent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1204559