- Title
- The psychosocial experiences of adolescents living with absent fathers in selected schools in Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Creator
- Qengwa, Luvuyo https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2600-6473
- Subject
- Social case work with teenagers -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Subject
- Absentee fathers -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Date
- 2024-05
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29754
- Identifier
- vital:78909
- Description
- Globally the majority of adolescents are living without their biological fathers and throughout the African continent South Africa appears as the country with a high percentage of absent fathers with Black adolescents being the most affected. The study demonstrated multiple aspects that resulted in fathers being absent and showed figures of absent fathers in different ethnic groups in South Africa. This investigation was designed to gain the psychosocial experiences of adolescents living with absent fathers in selected schools in Keiskammahoek Eastern Cape South Africa. A qualitative approach non probability and purposive sampling were employed. A total of 24 participants were selected which were 10 adolescent girls 10 adolescent boys and four social workers. Face to face and semi structured interviews were conducted for data collection from adolescents in different secondary schools and social workers from the Department of Social Development in Keiskammahoek. Thematic analysis was adopted to analyse acquired data from the adolescents and social workers. The findings revealed that the father s absence imposes several challenges on Adolescents however the social work interventions help to curb some of the challenges which include anti social behaviours in adolescents. Services such as PEIP ILP and Emotional support rendered by social workers play a huge role in adolescents living with absent fathers. It is recommended that families need to engage adolescents in open talks about their absent fatherhood while healthcare practitioners and social workers need to provide sex education to adolescents. The establishment of sports and recreation programmes in communities is necessary to decrease substance use and criminal behaviour in adolescents. The entire research was guided by the Attachment theory.
- Description
- Thesis (MSci Soc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2024
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xii, 209 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University Of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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