Interpersonal and intrapersonal adjustments of father-absent males and mother-absent females

• Main Authors: Abrina, Ma. Luz, Cuisia, Joline Cheliste, Velez, Regina Cristine
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Adjustment (Psychology); Family; Single-parent family; Children of single parents; Children of divorced parents; Fatherless family
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8008
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study deals with the intrapersonal and interpersonal adjustments experienced by children from single-parent families whose parental loss was caused by marital separation and death. The researchers intend to find out what these adjustments are, and if the intrapersonal and interpersonal adjustments of the father-absent males differ from that of the mother-absent females. Furthermore, the researchers aim to determine whether the adjustments experienced by the children from single-parent families due to marital separation differ from the adjustments experienced by children from single-parent families due to death of a parent. This descriptive study aims to identify the intrapersonal and interpersonal adjustments of children, more specifically, father-absent males and mother-absent females, from single-parent families, using the California Test of Personality. Forty respondents were asked to take the aforementioned personality test, which measured six areas of intrapersonal adjustments and six areas of interpersonal adjustments. The t-test of significant difference was used as the statistical treatment. The data shows that children from single-parent families, in general, regardless of the sex of the parent-child, and the reason for parental absence, experience average levels of difficulties in both intrapersonal and interpersonal adjustments. Considering the sex of the parent and the child, there was no significant difference between the difficulties of father-absent males and mother-absent females, for both intrapersonal and interpersonal adjustments. On the other hand, considering the reason for parental absence, there was a significant difference in the intrapersonal adjustments experienced by children from single-parent families due to the marital separation and death. There was no significant difference, however, in the interpersonal adjustments. Therefore, the researchers conclude that as long as one of the parents is gone, the child will experience adjustments.