أثر غياب الأب في نمو الأدوار الجنسية لأطفال الروضة من سن (4 إلى 6)‎ سنوات

Abstract EN

This study aims to determine the effects of father absence on the development of sex roles in kindergarteners (4 – 6 years) in Omdurman Locality .

The researcher used descriptive analytical methodology .The sample comprised of (350) children (both girls and boys) , who were chosen using stratified sampling from kindergartens in Omdurman Locality .The sample was then assigned to three groups; children with present father (130) , children with absent father with no alternative model (110) and children with absent father with an alternative model (110).

To collect data the researcher used the Sex roles questionnaire (from the teachers perspective), and a questionnaire for personal and demographic data.

The data was processed using Analysis of variance, Post-test Duncan .The results showed that there is a statistically significant correlation in sex role development between the group with absent father with no alternative role model (m=17.98), and the group with present father(m=19.77) , as well as the group with absent father with an alternative role model(m=19.47).

This suggests that the development of sex role is reinforced with the father presence or an alternative father role model.

Data analysis also showed that sex role in boys (m=20) develops more than girls (m=19.6) in the group with present father.

It also develops more in girls (m=19.8) than boys (m=19.3) with absent father with an alternative role model, while both girls (m=18.1) and boys (m=18) show almost the same score for sex role development in the case of father absence with no alternative role model.

This suggests that the boys sex roles develops when the father is present, and it develops in girls when the father is absent and with the presence of an alternative model .The sex role converges between ( boys and girls ) in case of father absence and lack alternative model .

The study came out with different recommendations and conclusions, mainly reinforcing the importance of raising the awareness of parents to the dangers of the father s absence, which may negatively affect the children by causing confusion about determining their sex roles as well as pointing out to them to the need for the presence of an adult male to replace the father role in his absence in order to reduce the problems that children may encounter during their acquisition of sexual identity.