Does Research on Children Reared in Father-absent Families Yield Information on Father Influences?.

Pedersen, Frank A.

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Does Research on Children Reared in Father-absent Families Yield Information on Father Influences?

Pedersen, Frank A.

Family Coordinator, 25, 4, 459-463, Oct 76

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 husband-wife relationships. (Author)

Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Problems, Fatherless Family, Fathers, Interpersonal Relationship, One Parent Family, Parent Child Relationship, Research Methodology, Role Models, State of the Art Reviews

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