The experience of the identity negation and parents care in relation to »Dtofus« index

Abstract

The aim of this arlictc is to investigate the experience of tile identity negation anil parents care it, relation to daily togetherness of families in urban settings (DTOFUS). The investigation was conducted on a sample of 350 male pupils in the second and third grade of middle school. The investigation was done my means of the following: the queslionanire DTOFIJS-HM, the scale lor the investigation of the experience of the identity negation and the scale for the investigation of adolescents' care in relation to their parents. The obtained results show that there is no significant statistical correlation between the DTOFUS index and the expierience of the identity negation and the care of the adolescents in relation to their parents. Certain aspects of identity negation in adolescents are more common from the father’s part than mother’s. Certain aspects of care in relation to the parents was more frequent towards the mother than the father. Results were discussed and related to the findings of other authors.