Magdalena Błażek FUNKCJONOWANIE PSYCHOLOGICZNE ROZWODZĄCYCH SIĘ RODZICÓW A ICH POSTAWY RODZICIELSKIE

Abstrakt

The article is focused on psychological functioning of divorcing parents
and their parental attitudes. Sex differences were also analyzed. Psychological
functioning was assess by previously introduced measure (Błażek et al., 2012).
Parental Attitudes Scale by Plopa (2008) and Questionnaire of Parental Attitudes
by Ziemska (1982) were used to assess parental attitudes. 180 divorcing parents
participated in the study (90 married couples). The results of the study show that
there are sex differences concerning psychological features such as loneliness and
parental attitudes such as dominating the child, parental helplessness and concentration
on a child. Better educated parents presented more positive psychological
and parental functioning during divorce process. Dimensions of parental attitudes
were also associated with measured features of psychological functioning in the
groups of mothers and fathers. The results lead to the conclusion that divorcing
parents reveal psychological problems associated with lower quality parenting.