Effects of Father Absence on Children’s Academic Performance
Abstract: Historically father
has been viewed as presented in a variety of different images to describe the
script that they have been fulfilling. They have variously been presented as,
normal observer, breadwinner, sex role model, and nurturing. The
death of parents
is one of
the most severe
trauma that a
child can suffer.
The loss of
parents causes so many problems that a deprived child faces, among those
problems the important problem is the effects on academic
performance of children.
This research study
explain how father
absence affect the
academic performance of children,
for this purpose
a sample of
45 subjects is
selected from population
of same socioeconomic status,
with no cultural differences. All the subjects were the students of 6th, 7th,
8th, 9th, and 10th grade. The subjects
were selected from
three types of
families, intact father
children, died father
children and divorced father
children and was
kept in three
groups as: present
father group, died
father group and
divorced father group. The statistical analysis of the results by
applying statistical treatment test with critical region =1.4, and significance
level =0.10 show
that intact father
children show better
academic performance than
absent father children. The
dyed father children and
divorcee’s children show the same academic performance which reveals that father presence play a
very significant role in the academic performance of children. The implication of
the study will be discussed further.
Author: Muhammad Saifullah
Qureshi, Alay Ahmad
Journal Code: jppsikologiperkembangangg140002
