Abstract
M.Ed. (Psychology of Education)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether adulthood is
indeed influenced by essential family responsibilities. Therefore,
an investigation into this facet to adulthood is necessitated.The family unit is responsible for the child's development to
adulthood. According to research literature, the responsible
parent in the family unit should respectively see to the emotional
and material needs of the family on both an individual level
as well as a communal level. These responsibilities also
include :
the creation of a secure environment based on u~conditional
love, respect and acceptance;
the setting of a good moral example which children may
identify with;
the emphasis of faithfulness in the marital role; and
the creation of and participation in constructive, recreational
family activities.These responsibilities will enable parents to fulfill their
multi-dimensional educational role.
The problem investigated was to ascertain how important these
family responsibilities are deemed to be for the development to
acceptable adulthood in the Republic of South Africa.
Research was therefore undertaken to investigate certain family
responsibilities featured prominently in the literature studied.
The empirical component of the investigation was based on the
implementation of a questionnaire. Concerning validity and
reliability, a principal component analysis (PCA) was followed by
a principal factor analysis (PFA) in the first order analysis.
This was followed by a second order PCA and PFA...