The Effect of Fatherless on Children Social Development

Abstract

A person is said to be fatherless when he does not have a father or does not have a good relationship with his father. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an effect of fatherlessness on children's social development. The research is a quantitative study with simple linear regression analysis involving 40 samples consisting of grades 5 and 6 of State Elementary School 4 Metro Barat. The sampling technique used simple random sampling technique. The results of the data analysis showed that the significance value was p<0.05. The findings of this study indicate that there is an effect of fatherlessness on children's social development.