Over 400 students, grades 3-8, who had experienced father loss through divorce and whose mothers had not remarried demonstrated significantly lower self-concepts than those who were from intact families. Students whose mothers had remarried had slightly lower self-concepts than those from intact families. (Author/CP)

Obtained children's (N=639) evaluations of their parents and themselves over a three-year period. Compared children whose parents divorced prior to or during the study with the children whose families remained intact during that time. Results showed children in intact families evaluated themselves and their parents more positively. (BH)

American undergraduate students (n = 644) completed the Rather Internality-Externality Scale and provided information on their family background. Subjects were grouped according to father absence, cause of this absence, and their age at the time this event occurred. Results indicated locus of control varied markedly as a function of these…

Seventeen teachers received inservice instructions regarding Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and then were asked to assess their students' needs and attempt to fulfill them to the very best of their ability. Of the 376 grade-school students, only children from intact families adopted significantly more positive self-concepts from the experience.…

A total of 284 fifth- through eighth-grade children evaluated themselves, their mothers, fathers and families. Children from "happy" families evaluated themselves and their parents significantly more favorably than those from "unhappy" families. Children from intact families evaluated their parents significantly more favorably than those from…

Examines relationships between children's self-concepts and their evaluations of parents in families where father loss had occurred either through divorce or death. Subjects were 120 fifth- through eighth-grade children. (Author/MP)

Compared 212 high school students from different family structures regarding their descriptions of themselves and their parents. Found that fathers' ratings or evaluations, but not mothers' ratings or students' self-ratings, suffered in wake of divorce. Regarding perceived "loving" actions by parents, students from intact families had advantage…

Parents from families broken by divorce were more negatively evaluated than were parents from either intact families or families where the father had died. These findings held regardless of whether or not the mother had remarried and regardless of the sex of students doing the evaluations. (Author)

Inventory results indicated that children's self-concepts from happy divorced family environments were not significantly correlated with their ratings of parental figures. Self-concepts of happy children from unhappy divorced families and intact families (whether happy or unhappy) were found to be generally related to their evaluations of their…

Comparing human values priorities among individuals from intact and fatherless families, this study indicated college students from divorced families placed significantly higher priority on values of "mature love,""self-respect," and "polite" than did students from intact families. Students whose fathers had died…

College students (n=130) described support system failures they encountered during childhood and adolescence through responses on Personal History Inventory and ratings of self and family on Personal Attribute Inventory. Found significant direct relationships between level of support system failures and negativeness expressed in ratings of both…

Youths (N=334) evaluated their families on Personal Attribute Inventory for Children. Results revealed no significant main effects for birth order or gender. Males from divorced remarried families and females from divorced nonremarried families evaluated their respective families significantly more negatively than did counterparts from other…

Studied the impact of mother loss on college students' (N=1,777) self-concept and evaluation of parents. Results indicated evaluations of mothers dropped significantly if they died, particularly for males if their fathers remarried or females if fathers did not remarry. Self-concepts were higher among males from intact families. (JAC)

Although recent findings generally show that father loss can significantly affect children's self-concepts, no previous research has studied the impact of mother loss on children's self-concepts and evaluations of parents. To provide insight into this question, 1,177 college students evaluated themselves and their mothers and fathers. In contrast…