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Father Absence, Identification, and Identity

Ethos, 1973
To test the hypothesis that father absence influences sex role identification, a study of the effect of father absence on individual children using a series of simple psychological tests was initiated by the Harvard Laboratory of Human Development, under the direction of J. W. M. Whiting and T. K. Landauer.
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Sons, Daughters and Fathers' Absence:

Journal of Family Issues, 1994
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this research examines the extent to which the presence or absence of biological fathers from the home is associated with gender differences in the presence or absence of children and gender differences in the home environment encountered by children.
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Father-Absence Effects in Families of Different Sibling Compositions

Child Development, 1968
The effects of father absence for varying lengths of time and varying growth periods are compared with the effects of father presence, as reflected in college entrance scores on the ACE. Comparisons are made for only children in the 2and 3-child families.
B, Sutton-Smith, B G, Rosenberg, F, Landy   +2 more
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When Father is Not There: The Absence of the Father as a Generating Factor of Violence

International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 2012
ABSTRACT“Where's dad?” When this restlessness is implanted into a child's psyche, an atmosphere of “unmet” need settles in. Physical and emotional mistreatment by the father profoundly affects the fetus and mother. There are several factors at play in this situation: infantile experiences, the father's past experiences and his own maltreatment.
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Father absence and age at menarche

Human Nature, 2003
Life history data, attractiveness ratings of male photographs, and attitudes towards partnership and child-rearing of 321 women were used to test four evolutionary models (quantitative reproductive strategy, male short-age, polygyny indication, and maternal reproductive interests) which attempt to explain the influence of family composition on ...
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Father Absence, Onset of Menarche, and Body Dissatisfaction: Importance of Father Absence

Relationships between body dissatisfaction, dieting methods, father absence, and puberty timing were investigated in this study. Participants included adolescent females from Wave 1 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. Logistic regression results indicated that girls without a biological father in the home were significantly more ...
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MENARCHE AND FATHER ABSENCE IN A NATIONAL PROBABILITY SAMPLE

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2008
SummaryThe relation between women’s timing of menarche and father absence was examined in a national probability sample of Great Britain (NATSAL 2000; N>5000). Current body mass index (as a proxy for childhood weight) was examined as a potential mediator of this relationship, along with the potential moderating role that siblings (e.g.
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Father absence and children's cognitive development.

Psychological Bulletin, 1978
Reviews literature showing detrimental effects of father absence on children's cognitive development as assessed by standardized IQ and achievement tests and school performance. Differential effects associated with characteristics of the absence (cause, duration, onset), the child (age, sex, race, socioeconomic status), and the skill tested ...
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Father Absence and Depression

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1989
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Father Absence and Stress Reactivity

2016
Randi Proffitt Leyva, Hannah Bradshaw
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