7 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 9

The increasing percentage of children living apart from their natural fathers is an unpredicted, and not widely discussed, trend. Fatherlessness is a major force behind many disturbing U.S. social problems. The institution of marriage acts as culture's chief vehicle to bind men to their children. The absence of fathers from children's lives is one of the most important causes of problems relate...

Girls receiving lower quality paternal investment tend to engage in more risky sexual behavior (RSB) than peers. Whereas paternal investment theory posits that this effect is causal, it could arise from environmental or genetic confounds. To distinguish between these competing explanations, the current authors employed a genetically and environmentally controlled sibling design (N = 101 sister ...

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) based on case-parents trios is a powerful tool in linkage analysis and association studies. When only one parent is available, the 1-TDT is applicable in the absence of imprinting. In the presence of imprinting, a statistic is proposed, based on case-mother pairs and case-father pairs to test for linkage when association is present as well as to test f...

This study explored the relationships between maternal gatekeeping, mothers’perceptions of father competence, mothers’ attitudes about the father role, and amount of father involvement. The sample consisted of 30 nonresidential and 72 residential fathers. The results of path analysis revealed that residential status of the father had a direct link to mothers’ gatekeeping behavior. Father compet...

POSTERIOR polymorphous degeneration of the cornea is an uncommon, non-progressive, hereditary condition which is usually bilateral; in the majority of cases there is only minimal visual impairment (Duke-Elder and Leigh, 1965). The condition was first described by Koeppe (1916) as "keratitis bullosa interna", on account of the congenital pits on the posterior corneal surface. Koeppe (1920) repor...

The article represents an empirical study of paternity as a male personality development factor in men. Consensus is emerging that responsible fatherhood entitles the father to establish paternity, be present in the child's life, share economic support, and be personally involved in the child's life in collaboration with the mother. Literature reviews on fatherhood yield numerous empirical stud...

purpose: the comparison of object relational dimensions and perceived fatherhood relation in divorce demanding and non-demanding individuals. methodology: for this purpose, 122 divorce demanding individuals and 117 non-demanding divorce individuals completed bell object relations inventory (bori) and fatherhood scale (fs). then the data were analyzed by two way anova, using spss-20. findings: r...

The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor developmental outcomes for the child. During incarceration, there are limited opportunities for visitation between fathers and their children. The Baby Elmo Program provides incarcerated teen fathers with parenting training and visitation with their children with the stated goal of enhancing father-child interactional quality. Forty-on...

Exposing male mice to nicotine or cocaine enables their male offspring to cope with high doses of either, which suggests that such paternal effects are generic, rather than being a response to a specific type of stress.