h e a l t h s a g e s o n d h e i d 2 0 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 4 5 e5 8 http://dx.This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). were identified that could be tested during the second phase. For the second phase, 30 adolescents completed questionnaires. These findings were reported in statistical form. The two sets of findings were compared with each other. It seems that the adolescent girls have a huge number of unfulfilled needs that can

more »

... be ascribed to the absence or their fathers. They have a need for spending time with their fathers and to bond closely with him. The participants mentioned that their mothers fulfilled both the role as the mother and as the father and partly compensate for the absence or their fathers. The data collected through this study will assist fathers in forming a better idea of their value within the family structure.