TY - JOUR
T1 - Father Involvement and Demographic Factors Influencing Anti-social Behaviours of Adolescent Learners in South Africa
AU - Idemudia, Erhabor
AU - Moamogwe, Keatlaretse
AU - Maepa, Mokoena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Kamla-Raj 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - South Africa enjoys the highest rates of fathers’ absence (not father involvement) among Blacks in Africa after Namibia and in addition, have an increasing living father absence for all racial groups and among blacks in particular, thereby, creating knowledge gaps on father involvement (FI) research. Using a cross-sectional design, 479 participants (299 males, 180 females) were randomly sampled from a community High School in the North West Province, South Africa. Results show that FI (F(1,471), = 3.359, P<.05) and gender (F(1,471), = 33.970, P<.001) significantly influenced anti-social behaviour (ASB) of adolescents. Age was not significant. Recommendations are made based on the findings of the study including the need to have compulsory clinical psychological services in schools for periodic assessment and early detection of learners with anti-social behaviour and a general attitudinal change among fathers to sensitize involvement and have meaningful impact in their children’s lives.
AB - South Africa enjoys the highest rates of fathers’ absence (not father involvement) among Blacks in Africa after Namibia and in addition, have an increasing living father absence for all racial groups and among blacks in particular, thereby, creating knowledge gaps on father involvement (FI) research. Using a cross-sectional design, 479 participants (299 males, 180 females) were randomly sampled from a community High School in the North West Province, South Africa. Results show that FI (F(1,471), = 3.359, P<.05) and gender (F(1,471), = 33.970, P<.001) significantly influenced anti-social behaviour (ASB) of adolescents. Age was not significant. Recommendations are made based on the findings of the study including the need to have compulsory clinical psychological services in schools for periodic assessment and early detection of learners with anti-social behaviour and a general attitudinal change among fathers to sensitize involvement and have meaningful impact in their children’s lives.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Anti-social behavior
KW - Demographic Factors
KW - Father Involvement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137353962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09764224.2016.11907845
DO - 10.1080/09764224.2016.11907845
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85137353962
SN - 0022-3980
VL - 7
SP - 61
EP - 67
JO - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
JF - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
IS - 2
ER -
