Effects of Father Absence on Personality Development in Adolescent Daughters.

Hetherington, E. Mavis

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Publication Date: 1972

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Effects of Father Absence on Personality Development in Adolescent Daughters

Hetherington, E. Mavis

Developmental Psychology, 7, 3, 313-26, Nov 72

Study suggests that the effects of father absence on daughters appear during adolescence and are manifested mainly as an inability to interact appropriately with males, rather than in other deviations from appropriate sex typing or in interactions with females. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Fatherless Family, Females, Interviews, Nonverbal Communication, Personality Development, Personality Studies, Role Perception, Tables (Data)

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