Developmental and personality differences between two groups of fathers
Date
2015-01-22
Authors
Gordon, Nathalie
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Abstract
The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of the
father's level of ego development, his level of self
esteem, his marital adjustment and his perception of his
role on his child. The sample population consisted of two
groups of fathers with 27 subjects in each group. The
experimental group was defined by having a child who had
been seen in a clinic for emotional or behavioural
difficulties and the control group by having a child who had
never had m y therapy for emotional or behavioural
difficulties. The groups were broadly matched on age of the
index child, standard of the child at school, age of the
father, marital status and language.
The data was analysed using t-tests to compare the groups ?
Pearson Product Moment Correlations to examine the relationship
between variables and a Discriminant Analysis in order
to look at the findings from a multivariate perspective.
Using a significance level of 0.05 as the criterion for
significance, there were no significant differences between
the groups. However there were distinct differences between
the two groups when the subject variables from the
biographical questionnaire were analysed. The results were
discussed in the light of the negative findings and an
attempt was made to account for the paucity of significant
results. Finally the limitations of the study and the
implications for further research were considered.