離別によるひとり親家庭で育った大学生のライフストーリー

摘要

平成22年国民生活基礎調査によると，近年の未婚•離婚の増加を背景に，ひとり親と未婚の子からなるいわゆるひとり親家庭世帯は約318万世帯である.約148万世帯であった30年前の昭和55年と比較すると倍以上に増加している.%This study was conducted as alife-story research project by interviewing three female university students who were raised in divorced single-parent families. One objective of this project was to describe mental issues experienced as a result of single-parent family life. Another was to find whether or not mental support was available, and if so, what kind of support was obtained. Based on their life stories, the third objective was to suggest how opportunities to share their experience could be offered in order to give children in divorced single-parent families better mental support. The common issue among the three participants was a strong awareness of their life stories being different from the status quo. On one hand, friends and teachers offered mental support. On the other hand, what was offered fell short of what was necessary. Therefore, this study suggested three ways to offer mental support opportunities for children in divorced single-parent families.