- Title
- An exploration of father-child relationships, current attachment styles and self-esteem amongst adults
- Creator
- Williams, Clare Marianne
- Subject
- Attachment behavior -- South Africa
- Subject
- Attachment behavior in children -- South Africa
- Subject
- Father and child -- South Africa
- Subject
- Self-esteem in men -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9855
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/398
- Identifier
- Attachment behavior -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Attachment behavior in children -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Father and child -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Self-esteem in men -- South Africa
- Description
- This study explored and described the relationship between early attachment to the father figure and self-esteem and current adult attachment style. Specifically, the present study explored and described the impact of the internal working model of early paternal attachment upon adult attachment styles and levels of self-esteem. The data for this study was obtained by utilizing the following four questionnaires: The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) Part 2 as a retrospective measure, the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) and Battle’s Culture Free Self-Esteem Inventory (CFSEI). An exploratory descriptive design using a non-probability, convenience sampling method was employed for the present study. A sample of 105 adult participants from a religious institution within Port Elizabeth was selected. Participants, including both males and females, representative of all cultures and socio-economic status, were interviewed using the above self-report measures. The data for this study was analyzed using descriptive and correlational and inferential statistics. The findings indicated that the majority of the sample had a preoccupied attachment style, with Intermediate self-esteem levels.
- Format
- 124 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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