Single-parenting attitude and scholastic performance of pupils in Paulinian schools in Metro Manila

Date of Publication

1987

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management

Subject Categories

Elementary Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Educational Leadership and Management

Thesis Adviser

Belen De Jesus

Defense Panel Chair

Roberto T. Borromeo

Defense Panel Member

Carolina C. Porio
Emilia Del Callar

Abstract/Summary

This study determines the relationship between the attitudes of single-parents and their children's scholastic performance and mental ability. The descriptive-correlational type of research was employed to establish the extent to which single-parents' parenting attitudes were related to their children's academic performance. The profile of the single-parents was established first by using the set of Parental Attitude Scales. Then, the scholastic performance of the school-children of single-parents was determined by the California Achievement Test, Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test, and grade-point Averaging. Finally, the scores of the single-parents obtained in the set of Parental Attitude Scales and those of their school-children's in the California Achievement Test, Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test, and Grade-point Averaging were correlated. The subjects of this study were 452 single-parents and their grade school children from the two participating Paulinian elementary schools, namely: St. Paul School of Makati (SPSM), and St. Paul College of Paranaque (SPCP). The total population of Grade IV, V and VI students in the school year 1986-1987 was 226 (181 girls and 45 boys). All were Filipinos with ages ranging from 10 to 12 years old. The single-parent population consisted of 217 single-mothers and 9 single-fathers. All of them were Filipinos, belonging to the middle and upper-middle socio-economic class, and at least high school graduates.

The one-parent home influenced school-children's performance through the single-parents' attitudes toward family-life issues, children and child-rearing, but to certain varying degrees. Among the single-parent attitudinal factors, strong relationships tend to hold between the following: 1. Single-parents' attitude toward family-life issues and school-children's low achievement level 2. Single-parents' nurturant-protective attitude toward children and school-children's low achievement level 3. Single-parents' permissive attitude toward child-rearing and school-children's low achievement level 4. Single-parents' nurturant-protective attitude toward children and daughters' poor intellective ability 5. Single-parents' nurturant-protective attitude toward children and daughter's good performance on academic subjects 6. Single-mothers' nurturant-protective attitude toward children and school-children's poor intellective ability and, 7. Single-parents' nurturant-protective attitude toward children and school-children's poor intellective ability. Moreover, the influence of the single-mother tended to be stronger than that of the single-father relative to their children's school performance, especially that of their daughters.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG01695

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

101 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Children of single parents -- Education; Academic achievement

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