Parent Separation and its Effect on the Motivation of Senior High School Student to Go to School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Separation of parents has been a problem in some countries. Based on some past researches separation of parents affect the behavior and the motivation of their children but some also said that it depends on the country or the place where the child grew up. Motivation is one of the key factors in terms of learning and improving reading. The part of parents in their children's life is very important because it may affect their behavior and motivation. There is a limited study about parental separation and its effect on the motivation of senior high school students to go to school in the Philippines.

METHODS

In order to know the effect of parent separation on the motivation of students, 30 respondents were studied. A group consisting of students with separated parents and another whose parents are still together, were organized. The researchers used the self-regulation questionnaire academic (SRQ-A) to measure the motivation of randomly selected students in senior high school of ETTMNHS. This survey is distributed to every SH student.

RESULTS

Based on self-regulation questionnaire (SRQ-A) with the mean of 2.87 and SD of 0.17 for the student with no separated parent, and for the student with separated parent with the mean of 3.02 and SD of 0.16, t-test of independent means at 0.05 level of significance revealed that there is no significant difference between students whose parents are together and students with separated parents in terms of motivation to go to school.

DISCUSSIONS

The results revealed that in terms of going to school, there is no significant difference between students whose parents are still together and those whose parents are separated. The majority of the respondents agree about going to school in spite of their family problems. This research can be used in future generations as guide for another research study, one possible research study is to identify other factors that affect children in terms of parent separation or on the effect on motivation.