The Influence of fathers’ place of employment on the self-concept and coping strategies of their adolescent daughters

• Main Author: Augustine, Jessy, ICM
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Teenage girls—Psychology; Self-perception in adolescence; Counseling; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6123; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12705&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study examined the self-concept and coping strategies among female adolescents with fathers working in the Philippines and abroad. The study was done in two phases employing a quantitative and qualitative mixed design among 188 high school students. A descriptive, comparative, correlational design was used for data analysis. In phase 1 the quantitative study, the respondents were asked to complete two questionnaires comprising the Pasao Self-concept scale and Adolescents Coping Orientation for Problem Experience (A-COPE). For phase 2 the qualitative study, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. Among the 188 students, 12 were selected for the case study. They were selected according to the score of theself-concept scale: six students with the highest scores and six students with the lowest in self- concept scale. These 12 students were interviewed.The integration of the qualitative and quantitative data showed significant and not significant result in this study. There was no significant difference found between self-concept of the adolescents among fathers working abroad and the Philippines but in the coping strategies, there is a significant difference and was correlating with self-concept. Father-absence has an influence on adolescents because they lack affection, love, and support from their father. They also miss a father figure, a model in the family and especially during important functions, they miss his presence most. They feel abandoned, lonely, and insecure while the father is away and look for his presence. While the adolescents with fathers-present feel supported, happy, fulfilled in their relationship and able to experience affection, love from the parents even though they encounter problems like financial difficulty, strictness and mistrust. Based on these findings, several recommendations were made and other research possibilities were presented.