RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POST-DIVORCE PARENTAL ALIENATION AND ADOLESCENTS’ WELLBEING IN PUBLIC MIXED DAY HIGH SCHOOLS IN KIKUYU SUB COUNTY, KENYA
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2023-07-25
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A home environment in which parents are mutually supportive, have nourishing relationships with their children and employ collaborative parenting is significant for adolescents in order for them to flourish. However, post-divorce parental alienation creates an unfavourable environment which may derange the adolescents from thriving. PDPA harms the cognitive, social and behavioural domains of most adolescents and this threatens their wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental alienation and adolescents’ wellbeing. The study was guided by four objectives namely: to determine the parental alienation strategies among adolescents in Kikuyu Sub County public mixed day high schools, Kenya, to investigate the relationship between parental alienation and adolescents’ inter-personal relationships, to examine the relationship between parental alienation and adolescents’ sense of accomplishment and to establish the relationship between parental alienation and adolescents meaning in adolescents in kikuyu Sub County public mixed day high schools in Kiambu County. PERMA Wellbeing Theory of Flourishing guided this study. PERMA is the acronym for Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment the five pillars of wellbeing proposed my Seligman (2011) The study employed a descriptive survey design using mixed methods approach. Multistage sampling and inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to arrive at the 240 respondents who participated in the study. Purposive sampling was employed in the selection of 32 respondents in the Focus group discussions (FGDs). Qualitative data was gathered via the use of focus group discussions and analysed through thematic analysis. Quantitative data was collected using Baker Strategy Questionnaire (BSQ) and the PERMA-Profiler. Descriptive statistics included frequencies, percentages, while Spearman Correlation analysis was used to test for the hypotheses. A Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was computed to determine the relationship between the parental alienation (IV) and adolescents’ interpersonal score. Overall positive correlation between adolescent’s wellbeing and parental alienation r (240) = .0.719, p =.002., parental alienation had impact of r(240) = .0.719, p = .003 towards relationships, accomplishment at 0.409, p = .040, meaning at 0.565, p = .041.Quantitative data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between post-divorce parental alienation and adolescents’ interpersonal relationship, sense of accomplishment and meaning. The study recommends that intercession measures be implemented in consideration of factors such as: creating awareness on the critical role played by mutually supportive interactions as well as collaborative parenting in the enrichment of adolescents’ wellbeing, coordination of key stake holders like children attorneys, marriage and family therapists as well as the ministry of education.
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