Analysis of Fatherless Measuring Instruments on Adolescents

Abstract

Fatherless is a phenomenon that results in individuals having to live apart from their fathers. Fatherless is a condition when individuals lose the role of the father both physically and psychologically. This study aims to determine the phenomenon of fatherless to adolescents. There were 85 users who experienced Fatherless or lost the role of the father in the respondents' results, with the characteristics of not living with the father because he had died, divorced parents, father's work commitments, and others. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling technique. The measuring instrument used is the fatherless scale. Data analysis was carried out using simple linear regression analysis techniques. The results of this study indicate that there is an influence of fatherless on adolescents who do not live with their fathers. The results of this study have implications for the importance of institutions related to marriage preparation and strengthening the role of the family to provide material and socialization of the role of fathers and mothers to prospective couples and young families in the next generation.