Abstract:
The article is focused on psychological functioning of divorcing parents and their parental attitudes. Sex differences were also analyzed. Psychological functioning was assess by previously introduced measure (Błażek et al., 2012). Parental Attitudes Scale by Plopa (2008) and Questionnaire of Parental Attitudes by Ziemska (1982) were used to assess parental attitudes. 180 divorcing parents
participated in the study (90 married couples). The results of the study show that there are sex differences concerning psychological features such as loneliness and parental attitudes such as dominating the child, parental helplessness and concentration on a child. Better educated parents presented more positive psychological and parental functioning during divorce process. Dimensions of parental attitudes were also associated with measured features of psychological functioning in the groups of mothers and fathers. The results lead to the conclusion that divorcing parents reveal psychological problems associated with lower quality parenting.
