Qualitative Research Sample
Qualitative Research Sample
INTRODUCTION
Rationale
learn about manners, self-esteem, relationships, worth and loyalty all by watching
and participating in a family. Parents teach about values first by living those
values. Children learn much more from what you do than what you say. Families
Nurturing family relationships lay the foundation for all other relationships.
Through these experiences, children learn to trust others and seek out friendship
and comfort. Having healthy and happy family is what everyone’s dream. In the
most basic sense, the family is essential because it sustains society while
Children with broken family in United States, each year, over 1 million
American children suffer the divorce of their parents. Children from non-intact
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families have significantly higher rates of difficulty with all levels of education,
Teenagers, students from broken homes were 30 percent more likely to miss
school, be late, or cut class than students from intact homes, in part because
single parents had more difficulty monitoring their children. These children were
also at higher risk for smoking, using drugs and consuming alcohol (Schultz
2006).
Children with broken families in the Philippines, most of the student come
another common way that separation of the parents affects children. After a
depressed. Children may experience anxiety, which can make it difficult for them
activities such as teen sports. This analysis becomes necessary because life in a
single parent family can be stressful for both the child and the parent. Such
investigate the life stories of the school-age children with broken family. The
result of this study will also be a great help for the institution and others to make
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Purpose of the Study
The main thrust of the study is to know the cause and effect of broken
family to the school-age children. This will also seek the struggles and coping
Research Questions
The main thrust of the study was to investigate the school-age children
1. What are the struggles of the school-age children with broken family?
2. How does the situation of the school-age children with broken family
3. What are the coping mechanism of the school-age children with broken
family?
Theoretical Lens
This study was anchored with the psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson
which discussed theories about the effects of broken family to the school-age
children. According to Erik Erickson (1959) children aged between 6-18 years
have tasks of facing and meeting the family, peer and school expectations.
anger and sexual disadvantages. In this study, pupils in home where there is
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conflict were lack of trust towards their parents because those parents are not
stable homes, it would be seen that the former have more social, academic and
(Akinboye, 2004).
This study was conducted to find out the effects of broken family to the
School administration: The school administration will benefit from our study
because this study can give them an idea that having a broken family is not that
easy. This research might be somehow become a guide to the school so that
they may learn to understand the children who are being affected of broken
family.
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Teachers: In the teachers it can benefit to them when they encounter a student
who are having a case family break down. In that case the teacher may now
confront and talk to the child so that the pain who’s hidden inside is being relief.
The teachers may learn to understand the child’s feeling if his/her family is being
broken. In addition, the teacher may keep his/her eyes on that child because the
Parent: In this study, the most important persons that our research is addressed
to, is the parents. Because as a family the parents are the one that leads their
family. The parent’s guidance is the most important to their child’s development.
We noticed that the main reason of family break-down starts with the parents
break up, parents is separated to each other, divorce and etc. We make the
parents realize that the family structure would affect the child’s development,
behavior and attitudes. It includes the academic performance and child’s social
behavior.
Students: The students will benefit from our study because it is by them who can
be affected and help them to be aware if they encounter this kind of situation.
Our study also can help those students who never know the situations of having
a broken family so that when they has a classmate who have this kind of
situation, they will be aware of their actions and words that they are going to
share.
Future Researchers: The future researchers will benefit from our study because
as the time pass by, there might have researchers to pick this kind of topic. This
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study may help them in conducting in their own study. In their data gathering, our
This study was focused only on the broken family as perceived by the
students of St. Mary’s College of Bansalan S.Y. 2017-2018. It involves the impact
of broken family to the school-age children and what are their struggles. It also
There were 4 respondents and they are now in the high school level.
Moreover, the data gathered tool that used for this research is Key Informant
Interviews (KII). In addition, the respondents were informed that their answers
Definition of terms
The following terms are operationally defined for clarity purposes. The
attend school. The child on this stage are the most affected in a broken family
Broken family. A broken family is a family that has split or separated due to a
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parents, stepparents or others not related to the biological parents.
Broken families can result from separation due illness, divorce or other
children. The children are more likely to act out against siblings,
environment.
In this section, presents the review of related literature which guided the
researchers in conducting this study. This section includes the causes and
effects of having a broken family to the children based on the studies of the other
researchers.
Family
Family is the home of happiness and love. Family is one of the most important
things that we must have. It is an inspiration in life to fulfill our goals in order to be
successful in life. Family is said to be the first institution where one starts to equip
oneself to grow. But differences have been found to each family. Not everyone
out there can imagine life without a family. Barring a few unfortunate individuals,
for most of us our family is an integral part of our lives. No law in this world can
defy this fact. The moment you enter this merciless world, where each man is for
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himself, there are some near and dear ones out there who leave no stone
Broken Family
and it is disruptive to your child’s life no matter how carefully you protect him.
Over time, your little one will come to accept his new “normal”, but recognize that
it will take time for this acceptance to happen and that behavioral bumps will
occur along the way. A broken family can negatively affect all domains of your
depend on numerous factors, including the age of the child at the time of parents’
this context is one that is not structurally intact for various reasons; death of a
parent, divorce, separation, dissertation and illegitimacy in which case, the family
need to know that they still have a family. It may mean that their family lives in
two homes, that new people are added such as step parents or that they will now
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Causes of Broken Family
parental separation, divorce or any problems that can lead into this kind of
situation. Hence the parents are the most important person that can lead and
common disputes between a husband and a wife are the financial issue, sexual
and etc. When the parents get divorced, usually either of them or sometime both
of them leave home. Then the absence of either or both the parents will affect the
hardest challenge that can happen to a couple especially if they have kids. The
impact of this turn events in a family’s life is more devastating on the children
(Saika, 2017).
Another factor that can lead in family breakdown is death. Death can
reduce the family strength and unity. Like other reason all death in the family do
not necessarily bring any broken, but by the death of mother or father children
become mother/father less. When children realize that the parent will never
big factor may be the parents. Depending on the severity of a broken home, the
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parent's relationship with each other, as well as their children can affect how their
children behave and may even develop. If the parents are not emotionally
connected to their children, the child will struggle to learn how regulate his
emotions and interact with others appropriately (Moges and Weber 2014).
extreme stress and the worst case, even depression. Parents have an impact on
significant impact on children and may even continue throughout their life. To
motor skills will make a children become more independent, seeing how they will
be moving and grasping things in their own. Not only are lack of motor skills an
behavior such as being kind to other people, being understandable and listening
to others. Second is one that is not necessarily wanted at all times but it is
context and depending in the family, different types of behavior are tolerated. The
intellectual development and may even cause harm to the physical, emotional, or
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Chapter II
METHODOLOGY
This chapter discussed the research design, the respondents of the study,
trustworthiness and authenticity, role of the researchers and ethical issues and
considerations.
Research design
Research Participants
The respondents of the study were 4 who were having a situation of
broken family. They were interviewed for this research to gather data that is
male and 3 females. The respondents said that they’ve experience broken family
since birth and other respondent said that they’ve been experiencing broken
family in the past 3-10 years. The participants we’ve selected are from the same
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school. All respondents’ data is collected between January and February 2018. A
total of 7 respondents we approached but 4 agreed to take part. The age of our
respondents ranged from sixteen to 18 years and all were in good health.
Research Instruments
to gather the needed of items that determined the causes and effect of broken
family to the school-age. In the designing of good data collection instrument were
formatted views relate to the topic or issues. In this way, the instrument is
Data Collection
during the interviews with the selected senior high school students as our
and understanding, can provide insight on the nature of problems and give
insights about their problems, needs and aspiration as a receipt of the case
study.
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Data analysis
sometimes difficult to judge the validity of the information received from one
person (Miles and Hukerman, 1984). Thus, the information gathered from this
which has its roots in philosophy and which focuses on the lived experiences of
individuals. This approach is must effective for this study because it is based on
philosophy and it studies conscious awareness of the world experienced from the
subjective or first person point of view (Smith, Flowers and Larkin, 2013)
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and make sure that we have the skills of empathic listening, understanding,
patience, and traits of acceptance. The definition of research trustworthiness is
the demonstration that the evidence for the results reported is sound and when
the argument made based on the results is strong (LaBanca, 2010).
reliable information in our study, participants must tell a truth and not a
lie. In order to commit their honesty, we will give our full trust and
that leads them to a heavy drinker of alcohol, in that way they will get
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Confirmability. The last criterion of Trustworthiness that a qualitative researcher
a record of our interview transcripts that can enable the reader to allude
The role of the researcher is to ask questions to the person who would be
interview. This research aims to examine the causes and effects of having a
permission so that the data we gathered is more reliable and more convincing to
the audience. This research study was mainly concerned with children’s views,
and therefore there were ethical issues specific to children’s needs that had to be
given special consideration. While many of the ethical issues affecting children
are similar to those of adults, children’s vulnerability, because of their age and
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Informed Consent. First, we made a letter for our respondents and respondent’s
about their situations. We insure that they’ve signed our letters so that
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CHAPTER III
This chapter presents all the data gathered. These are interpreted and
analysed to get a clear view of the information that we gathered using the Key
emerging themes that were extracted from the results of the research questions
on this study. A seek for father’s love, mother’s affair and abandoned ship are the
As we walk into the world wherein our respondent is living with her single
mother; we meet and we listened into their experiences in life of having a broken
family. Using the Key Informant Interview that we had with them there is this
theme that emerged from their answers and is that the cause of her to have a
A Seek for a Father’s Love. As we gathered the data from our interviews
we had with our respondents. She had shared that she struggling on their
situation because living without the presence of a father is not easy for us if we
are a child. In her situation, she experiences depression because she is seeking
for a father’s presence and love. She can even commit suicide because of the
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“Yung mga struggles na na experience ko ay yung
lumalaki ka nang walang amang gumagabay sayo,
yung feeling na hindi kayo kumpleto. Sadness and
umabot rin sa time na na depress ako ,and I even plan
to end my life. but thank God, ‘di natuloy”
(My struggle that I experience is that I grew up without a father that guides me,
the feeling that you are not complete. Sadness and it comes to the point that it
leads to a depression and I even plan to end my life, but thanks to God, it doesn’t
happen)
(KI1 02/22/18)
She also added that when she was in the elementary level, having a
broken family really affects her studies. But when she reached high school level,
she realized that it’s ok to live life even though the family is incomplete. One that
separation, dissertation and illegitimacy in which case, the family was never
because of her mother. Her mother has an affair to the other man and she feels
(The reason why our family was broken it’s because of my mother was having
an affair to other man and it feels so painful when my family is broken)
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(KI2 02/02/18)
the case of our respondent they were abandoned by his mother. It all started
when his mother decided to go abroad and promised that she will come back
after the work. But they didn’t expect that his mother will not come back and his
parents quarrelled to each other so it becomes the reason that their family was
broken.
“Basin,kaning di ko sure pero para sa akoa murag katong pag abroad ni mama
tapos ana si mama na 2 or 4 years lang siya didto pero hantud karun dili na siya
(Maybe, ahm I’m not so sure but for me, maybe when Mama
decided to go abroad and Mama said that her term in there
is only 2 or 4 years but now she come back home very seldom)
(KI4 02/02/18)
because his parents are always quarrel to each other. The struggles he
experience was depression, he was depressed because his mother is not around
and also his father. His father only at home during weekends (K14).
Conclusions
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another man or a woman. This various reasons affects the family structure,
wherein the children are the most affected. The children may encounter stress
that can lead to depression whenever they know that their family is not complete.
Also they may learn to exclude the member of the family if it is not around in their
homes it is because every child in the family knows only those people that
surrounds them. There is a lot of changes in their lives because as they grow
older they may learn to live life without the member of the family.
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CHAPTER IV
This study provides for the essential and relevant data needed for any
academic institution both private and public. For the parents who’s having a
complete family, they must keep the good relationship to their family. Because
family is the most important thing in our lives that completes on who we are and
they are near and dearest one out there that leave no stone unturned to ensure
For the guardians of the broken homed children, may the guidance for the
children be guided accordingly. May they won’t surrender in the sacrifices they
made. Because every child in this world grows into a good person if the
teachings and actions are good. May their love will never perish to the children
wherein they have lost their way to the right path because of the situation. They
must learn to realized things and be more matured enough so that they can
handle the problem easily. They must feel comfortable to their surroundings
because everybody that surrounds them are also the person that can help them
cope up.
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Moreover, for the future researchers it is important to conduct a study with
organized process of data gathering using Key Informant Interview. This study
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