Economic, political as well as moral changes have altered family structure. At present, more and more children are raised in (incomplete) broken families. Divorce influences all the functions of family. It triggers off a whole series of transitions that modify lives of people taking part in it. The aim presented in the article is an attempt to answer the following question: “If, and how the disintegration of family influences the psychosocial functioning of a child”. The research refers to a group of sixty children aged between 7 and 9. The basic group consisted of broken families and the comparison group consisted of complete families. For the analysis of the attitude of parents M. Ziemska Questionnaire for Parents was used. For the assessment of manifestation and level of psychosocial functioning of children the CBI E. Schaefer and M. Aaronson Questionnaire was used. It was stated-ehat there is a relation between some parental attitudes and psychosocial functioning of examined children. Family disintegration and lack of contact with the father have harmful influence on the child. Children from incomplete families are characterised by lower level of verbal expression and tactful behaviour. They are more nervous and ferocious. Higer level of social alienation is also more common among them.
The subcject of the article is the relationship between relations with mother and father and thesense of meaning of life tin adolescents from broken families. The study was conducted in groupof 146 adolescents from broken families, using the Plopa and Połomski Family Relations Questionnaire and the Klamut Life Postures Questionnaire, proved the existence of a fairly strong relationship between relations with mother and the sense of meaning of life in adolescent children.Relationships with their fathers have not shown such strong dependencies.
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Przedmiotem artykułu jest zależność pomiędzy relacjami z matką i ojcem a poczuciem sensu życia u adolescentów pochodzących z rodzin rozbitych. Przeprowadzone badania w grupie 146 adolescentów z rodzin rozbitych za pomocą Kwestionariusz Relacji Rodzinnych Plopy i Połomskiego oraz Kwestionariusza Postaw Życiowych Klamuta dowiodły istnienia dość silnej zależności pomiędzy relacjami z matką a poczuciem sensu życia u dorastających dzieci. Relacje z ojcem nie wykazały tak silnych zależności.
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