Absentee Parents: It's Effect on the Social Participation of Mass Communication Students of Usls

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

The presence of parents greatly contributes to the social development of a child. They have the responsibility to accompany their children as they grow. They are the first teachers, playmates, and friends. They teach them basic discipline and values. They also guide their child how to be with other people. Strictly speaking, parents are the primary factor in molding the social aspect of their child. Moreover, college education is very essential. It is in this stage that the child prepares himself/ herself for a career he wants to be in. Parents, as the most immediate persons to their child, are the significant source of strength, guidance, and inspiration (Glascoe, FP., 1989). The child needs support from their loved ones. The child must also be inculcated with necessary discipline. Family is indeed an important factor in the holistic development of a child (Heyer. M., 2008). But what happens to a college student when there is a distance between the parents and the child for a couple of years or more. The parents could be working abroad to seek greener pasture, separation of the couple which usually results to single parenting or it could ultimately be death of one parent. The University of Saint La Salle, specifically in the Mass Communication Department, has its own share of students with absentee parent/s. Students, in this case, might try to fill this gap left by their parents by joining social events or programs organized in their department or in the university as a whole. This has prompted the researchers to look into the relationship of having an absentee parent/s and the voluntary involvement of these students on the social activities prepared by the school.
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Statement of the Problem This study aims to determine the social participation in school of the Mass Communication students of the University of Saint La Salle with absentee parent/s. Specifically, this research study will answer the following questions: 1. Does

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