Abstract
A comparative analysis of response to parental loss in orphans and children of separated parents in a boarding school. This study is to ascertain whether the response to parental loss in children of separated parents differs from that of orphans, in a boarding school context. Of the 976 children studied, 227 came from separated families, 69 were orphans and 17 were of unknown parentage, and these were compared to 663 children from normal families of differing ages and school levels. An analysiswas carried out of the differences in sweveral variables, such as personality, depression, maladjustment, family dissatisfaction, family atmosphere and education.
