| Boys in Fatherless Families Contributor(s): Herzog, Elizabeth (Author), Sudia, Cecelia E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1410216950 ISBN-13: 9781410216953 Publisher: University Press of the Pacific OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.51 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CONTENTS Introductory Comment Focus of Review -- The Core Group of Studies -- Defining Father Absence Juvenile Delinquency Problems of Differential Treatment -- Are They Really Overrepresented? -- Connection Between Father Absence and Juvenile Delinquency -- Family Factors -- Individual Psychological Factors -- Community Factors -- To Sum up Intellectual and Psychosocial Functioning School Achievement -- SES Controls -- Types of Father Absence Masculine Identity Controls and Replications -- Measures Employed -- Long-term Prognosis -- Mental Illness and Marital Instability -- Recurrent Findings and Questions Some Conclusions. Implications, and Questions Recurrent Themes and Differentiations -- Fathers. Present and Absent Research Considerations The Family -- Un-families -- Context and Perspective -- Misleading Research Models -- The Type III Error Some Practical Implications Programs for all Boys -- Supports for the One-parent Mother -- More Men in Their Lives -- Public Attitudes and Information -- "Prevention" References |