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Emotional behavioural problems and self-esteem in children with absent fathers
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2016) Nudra Shaukat
The present study purports to explore the relationship between emotional behavioral problems, experienced during adolescence and self-esteem in children with absent fathers. The sample comprised of 200 students (94 boys or 106 girls) age ranging between 13-17 (M = 15.03,SD =1.22). Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. Two indigenous tools/measures used namely School Children Problems Scale (Saleem and Mahmood, 2011) and Self-Esteem Children Scale (Saleem&Mahmood, 2011) along with demographic Performa. The overall result revealed that due to father absence, both emigrant and deceased father's children face emotional behavioral problems and low self-esteem. And in reference to demographics, children with age 15 or more have experienced somatic complaints than children with the age 14 or less. On both categories, children respond on aggression and somatic complaints highly significant factors as compared to others. Mostly children with absent fathers have experienced moderate level of the prevalence and severity level of emotional behavioral problems.