Abstract
Summary The present study examined relationships between children's (N = 132 fifth- through eighth-grade students) self-concepts and their evaluations of parents in families where father loss had occurred either through divorce or death. These correlations were further analyzed in regard to whether children perceived their present family situation as “happy” or “unhappy.” Results indicated significant correlations between self-concepts and evaluations of parents in “unhappy” and “divorced” family units. Nonsignificant relationships were obtained in both “happy” and “father loss through death” configurations. These findings may lend support for the hypothesis of lessened parental ability to provide for children's basic needs in both “unhappy” and “divorced” families resulting in greater dependency on the part of children in these families.
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