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Peer reviewedPedersen, Frank A. – Family Coordinator, 1976
The most frequently employed research design for studying paternal influences on child development has been to compare children reared in father-absent families to those reared in father-present families. Research should be directed to the study and conceptualization of the more specific components of experience in the father-child and…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Problems, Fatherless Family, Fathers
Peer reviewedDavidson, Nicholas – Policy Review, 1990
The fact that 15 million American children, a quarter of the population under 18, are growing up without fathers is the most significant social problem facing the country. It is linked with epidemics of crime and drugs, the decline of educational attainment, and the persistence of widespread poverty. (AF)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Context Effect, Family Problems
Download full textBAKER, STEWARD L.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF AN EFFORT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF FATHER'S ABSENCE (FA) AND/OR GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY ON THE MILITARY FAMILY IS PRESENTED. CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH 65 FAMILIES WHO HAD FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR OLD SONS AND HAD ORDERS FOR AN UNACCOMPANIED FAMILY TOUR OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S DURATION IN A NONCOMBAT AREA. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WERE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
