Effects of family disruption on female adolescents' security level and evaluation of parents

• Main Author: Fallarme, Jocelyn Marie B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1988
• Subjects: Security (Psychology); Children of divorced parents > Psychology; Teenage girls > Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1209
• Institution: De La Salle University

This research is a descriptive study of female adolescents of broken families and the effects of family disruption on their security level and evaluation of their parents. These adolescents were compared with adolescents of intact families to find out whether significant differences exist in their security level and evaluation of their parents. Two possible mediating factors: length of family disruption and type of support received from the non-custodial parent, were also examined. The security-Insecurity inventory and Personal Attribute Inventory for Children were administered to 206 respondents. The acquired data were subjected to t-test for two independent samples, one-way analysis of variance and Least Significant Difference post hoc analysis. Based on family type, significant differences between intact and broken families were found on security level (p .05) and evaluation of parents (p .01). No significant differences were found on these variables when adolescents of broken families were grouped according to length of family disruption. According to type of support, no significant difference was found on security level but a significant difference was found on the subjects' evaluation of their mothers' evaluation of their fathers. It was concluded that security level is influenced by family type and evaluation of parents is influenced by type of family (intact and broken) and type of support (full support, no support, financial support only and emotional support only) received from non-custodial parents.