- Title
- The influence of single parenting on the self-esteem and sexual behaviour of adolescent males in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Eastern Cape Province
- Creator
- Magqamfana, Simnikiwe H
- Subject
- Parenting -- Psychological aspects Self-esteem in children Youth -- Sexual behavior -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- Psychology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/10284
- Identifier
- vital:35388
- Description
- The study aimed at investigating the influence of single parenting on the self-esteem and the sexual behaviour of adolescent males, with the aim to find out whether a relationship exists between single parenting, self-esteem and sexual behaviour or not by following a quantitative research method. Data was collected by means of self-administered questionnaire. The sample was made up of 226 adolescent males whom are high school learners and who aged between 12 and 21 from four schools around Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. For data analysis, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18 was used and it included descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. All statistical procedures were performed at 0.05 level of significance with 95 percent Confidence Interval. The study found that adolescent males from single parent households have positive selfesteem and responsibly sexual behaviours. In the study, the alternative hypothesis which stated that there is a positive correlation between single parenting and the adolescent males’ negative self-esteem was repudiated. On the other hand, the nullhypothesis which stated that there is no positive correlation between single parenting and adolescent males’ negative self-esteem and sexual behaviour was confirmed in the this study. Lastly, recommendations for the parents were made which include a good parent-child relationship that will create a safe space for effective communication and sex education which will likely prevent early sex debut. The importance of African families was underscored in this study, as such, it is deemed necessary then to build on this protective factor that could be helpful during adversities.
- Format
- 141 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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