NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF NURSING
#40 Quezon Ave., Quezon City

CHILD REARING PRACTICES OF SINGLE PARENT AT SELECTED BARANGAY IN TONDO,
MANILA
INSTRUCTION: Please fill in the answer correctly and tick the box of your
corresponding answer.

A. Profile of the Respondent
Age: _______
Number of children :
1 4
2 5
3 Others; please specify: _______

Ages of children :
1
st
Child age: _____ 4
th
Child age: _____
2
nd
Child age: _____ 5
th
Child age: _____
3
rd
Child age: _____

Living arrangement:
Living alone with child/children
Extended Family (with parents and family members)

Educational Level:
Elementary Level College Level
Elementary Graduate College Graduate
What degree? ___________
High School Level Vocational Course Graduate
High School Graduate What skills/course? ________


B. What are your child rearing practices in terms of :
Direction: Please encircle the degree of choice corresponding to your practices
LEGEND:
1 Never 3 Sometimes
2 Seldom 4 Often
a.) Provision of physical care

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N

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1. I spoil my child 4 3 2 1
2. Provides my child needs in terms of hygiene 4 3 2 1
3. Gives my child new toy/s even if he/she doesnt insist 4 3 2 1
4. Gives my child healthy meals. 4 3 2 1
5. Knows my childs daily needs at home and school . 4 3 2 1

b.) Provision of emotional care

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1. Tell my child that I appreciate what my child tries to do. 4 3 2 1
2. Show sympathy when my child is hurt or frustrated 4 3 2 1
3. Give comfort and understanding when my child is upset 4 3 2 1
4. Show patience with my child 4 3 2 1
5. Express affection to my child by hugging and kissing my child 4 3 2 1
6. Apologize to my child when I make a mistake 4 3 2 1





c.) Instruction and discipline

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1. Im confident with my parenting abilities 4 3 2 1
2. Argue with my child 4 3 2 1
3. Have to yell or shout when my child misbehaves 4 3 2 1
4. Spank my child when my child is disobedient 4 3 2 1
5. Give praise when my child is good 4 3 2 1
6. Find it difficult to discipline my child 4 3 2 1
7. Explain to my child why rules should be obeyed 4 3 2 1
8. Express string anger towards my child 4 3 2 1
9. Use Physical punishment (spanking grabbing, pushing,
slapping) to discipline my child

4 3 2 1
10. Tell my child, because I said so, or because I am your
parent and I want you to, when my child asks why my child has
to obey.

4 3 2 1

d.) Modeling of spiritual life

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N

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1. Pray with my children everyday 4 3 2 1
2. Explain to my child why praying and thanking God everyday is
essential

4 3 2 1
3. Gone to worship place during worship days i.e, Sunday 4 3 2 1
4. Emphasize the importance of religion 4 3 2 1
5. Teach my child about repentance and forgiving 4 3 2 1





C. What are the problems that you have encountered in rearing your child?
Direction: Please encircle the degree of choice corresponding to your practices
LEGEND:
1 Not at all 3 Somewhat
2 Very little 4 To a great extent

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1. Finances 4 3 2 1
2. Loneliness 4 3 2 1
3. Time management 4 3 2 1
4. Budgeting 4 3 2 1
5. Disciplining 4 3 2 1
6. Decision Making 4 3 2 1

D. What are your solutions to the problem that you have encountered? (Please tick all that
applies)
Direction: Please encircle the degree of choice corresponding to your practices
LEGEND:
1 Poor 3 Good
2 Fair
PROACTIVE COPING

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1. Gets too stressed with simple problem 4 3 2 1
2. When I have a problem, I usually see myself in a no-win
situation
4 3 2 1
3. I try to let things work out on their own 4 3 2 1
4. I often see myself failing so I don't get my hopes up too
high
4 3 2 1

STRATEGIC PLANNING

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1. Have set priorities to be done on daily basis for home and
workplace

4 3 2 1
2. Believes that your skills is enough to reach your goals 4 3 2 1
3. Perceives that life goals are easily achieved 4 3 2 1

SUPPORT SEEKING

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1. Active performance and attendance at single parent
support group
4 3 2 1
2. Prefers to seek problem by self rather than asking help 4 3 2 1
3. Usually seeks parents, friends and relatives help in terms
of hardship and complex problems.
4 3 2 1

TIME MANAGEMENT

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1. Able to do specific choirs within the time frame. 4 3 2 1
2. Usually work under priority order 4 3 2 1
3. Uses things to do list 4 3 2 1
4. Doesnt care about the time as long as the specific task
would be finished.
4 3 2 1
5. Having a hard time to finish tasks 4 3 2 1





FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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1. Have a lot of debts from friends, family and shark loans. 4 3 2 1
2. Able to save money for emergency uses. 4 3 2 1
3. Able to pay month bills and rental payment 4 3 2 1
4. Having hard time to fit monthly salary for home expenses 4 3 2 1
5. I am satisfied with my spending habits 4 3 2 1

SELF IMAGE PERCEPTION

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1. I see myself to be a better person now 4 3 2 1
2. Feels happy about my physical attributes and body image 4 3 2 1
3. I usually compare myself into other 4 3 2 1
4. Am not contented with myself. I believe I still need
improvement.

4 3 2 1
5. I have a lot of insecurities. 4 3 2 1

Likert Scale

Likert scale is used to indicate the extent to which the respondents agree or disagree with each statement
by encircling the numbers from 1 to 4 where 4 is the highgest corressponds and 1 is the lowest
corresponds. A person being tested would be asked to respond to each statement in the list by encricling
on the following categories: