The management of mothers with their children's temper tantrums in Paliparan Site, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Date of Completion

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Parenting, Mother-Child Relations, Temperance

Abstract

The study used the quantitative non-experimental descriptive research design. This was conducted at Paliparan Site in Dasmarinas, Cavite using 100 mothers with children aging from 2 years old to 6 years old with temper tantrums using purposive sampling method. The study utilized a self-made tool in collecting data by using close ended questions in which the respondents chose the answer corresponding to the given set of choices. The main statistical treatment in this study was percentage, mean, t-test and F-test. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) Most of the respondents were 19 to 35 years old, reached high school level, unemployed, belongs to an extended family, raised by authoritative parents, married and with number of children ranging from 3 to 4 and most of them were the eldest in the family; 2) In all aspects of management of children’s temper tantrums namely giving/distracting, verbal, physical and ignoring aspects, giving/distracting, verbal and physical were performed by the mothers most of the time while the ignoring aspect of management was sometimes used by the mothers in handling their children’s temper tantrums; 3) No significant differences existed on the educational attainment, employment status, family structure, manner by which mothers were raised, number of children and ordinal position. Significant differences existed on the age and civil status variables.

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