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DIFFERENCES IN PARENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TWO-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES VERSUS ONE-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES DUE TO DEPLOYMENT
- Date Issued:
- 2014
- Abstract/Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in parentification in military families with a deployed parent and without a deployed parent. Previous research has highlighted increased rates of parentification in situations involving parental absence or unavailability, such as divorce, parental illness, parental alcoholism, and domestic violence. This construct was assessed using the Parentification Questionnaire - Youth, a 20 item self-report survey for children and adolescents. Participants consisted of 22 children, ages 7-17, from military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. After removing two statistical outliers from the intact military families group, an independent samples t-test was conducted. It was found that there was a significant difference between military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. Military families with a deployed parent had higher rates of parentification than military families without a deployed parent. Limitations include a small sample size due to time constraints, the possible presence of one or both parents during the questionnaire, and lack of control groups. Future research should include a larger sample size, increase the comparison to more family groups (i.e. civilian, divorced, separated by work), and assess possible positive or negative impacts of parentification on military children from families separated by deployment.
Title: | DIFFERENCES IN PARENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TWO-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES VERSUS ONE-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES DUE TO DEPLOYMENT. |
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Name(s): |
Truhan, Tayler, Author Neer, Sandra, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2014 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in parentification in military families with a deployed parent and without a deployed parent. Previous research has highlighted increased rates of parentification in situations involving parental absence or unavailability, such as divorce, parental illness, parental alcoholism, and domestic violence. This construct was assessed using the Parentification Questionnaire - Youth, a 20 item self-report survey for children and adolescents. Participants consisted of 22 children, ages 7-17, from military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. After removing two statistical outliers from the intact military families group, an independent samples t-test was conducted. It was found that there was a significant difference between military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. Military families with a deployed parent had higher rates of parentification than military families without a deployed parent. Limitations include a small sample size due to time constraints, the possible presence of one or both parents during the questionnaire, and lack of control groups. Future research should include a larger sample size, increase the comparison to more family groups (i.e. civilian, divorced, separated by work), and assess possible positive or negative impacts of parentification on military children from families separated by deployment. | |
Identifier: | CFH0004568 (IID), ucf:45176 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
2014-05-01 B.S. Sciences, Dept. of Psychology Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): |
parentification military children deployment |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004568 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public | |
Host Institution: | UCF |