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The effects of family structure on institutionalized children's self-concepts
R L Hutchinson1, W E Valutis, D T Brown
1Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306.
Adolescence
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
This study examined the effects of family structure (intact, stepparent, and single parent) on children's self-concepts, using Parish and Taylor's Personal Attribute Inventory for Children. One hundred sixty-six institutionalized children in Grades 5 through 12 participated in the study. Although a trend was noted for students from single-parent families to check fewer positive adjectives, they did not differ significantly (.05 level) from children from intact families or stepfamilies.