This paper addresses the question of whether offspring living in one-parent families at age seventeen obtain less education than offspring living in two-parent families. Four hypotheses for parent absence effects are tested: the "no effects" hypothesis, the "economic deprivation" hypothesis, the "absent father" hypothesis, and the "family stress" hypothesis. Separate analyses are presented for ...

In this paper two of Rouaud's texts - L’Invention de l’auteur and La Désincarnation — are mainly being discussed. Our aim is to demonstrate that the story filiation appears very symptomatic a new historical situation at beginning twenty-first century, which seems be written without “Master” both on literary spiritual levels. Thus, there arises need accommodate “ideologies end” appear moment whe...

In clinical work, we have observed that the loss of the father through divorce has a significant effect on the young girl's developing sense of feminity. This paper briefly reviews the research findings from sex-role development theory and psychoanalytic theory, and presents clinical discussions of latency aged girls whose parents divorced during their daughter's early and oedipal years. The mo...

Fathers and Youth’s Delinquent Behavior This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Heal...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between father involvement and child neglect. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Participants were recruited from an inner-city pediatric primary care clinic and a clinic for children at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection in a teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Mothers and fathers or father figures, and 244 five-year olds participating in a longitu...

The article involves an exploratory study. It mainly reviews articles published in 2010s dealing with fatherhood issue. has revealed that the typical behaviour of fathers nowadays is related changes society concerning understanding masculinity and femininity. relatively new concept caring being reflected legislation many countries, however, there are barriers to its realization due employer res...

OBJECTIVES To: 1) review the historical contexts and current profiles of father involvement in African American families; 2) identify barriers to, and supports of, involvement; 3) evaluate the effectiveness of father involvement programs; and 4) recommend directions for future research, programs, and public policies. METHODS Review of observational and interventional studies on father involve...