Shanghai Urban Vulnerable Groups Of Women, Single Mothers Marriage Attribution Studies

This research on single mothers of the vulnerable population in urban Shanghai aims at two purposes. One is to investigate these women's living conditions and to give a clear profile for the government and social workers; the other is to examine their attribution in marriage and provide a scientific basis for future marriage consult and psychological intervention by analyzing different cause-effect tendencies and comparing the differences in causes and effects in marriage between single mothers and women of intact families.According to the results of our survey, we have the following findings. First, compared with married women, single mothers are living in a poorer situation, have more physical and mental discomfort and have less sense of happiness in life. Secondly, among the single mothers, those who have the experience of divorce tend to hold that their own efforts are not useful for the improvement of marriage relations, and to believe that if crises occur in their marriages, divorce is the inescapable fate and it is the spouses' behavior that leads to the failure of marriage. Thirdly, those who have lost their husbands will more idealize their marriages, and blame much more of themselves when there are some crises in their marriages. Fourthly, the factors such as personality, age, years of education, years of being single will influence the perception of the underlying causes of satisfaction or dissatisfaction in marriage, and meanwhile the attribution in marriage is correlated with the SWB (Subjective Well-Being) and satisfaction of life.