Psychology, Department of
Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications
Accessibility Remediation
If you are unable to use this item in its current form due to accessibility barriers, you may request remediation through our remediation request form.
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
September 1993
Abstract
The impact of fathers on the development and well-being of their children has been the focus of much recent research and debate (e.g., Furstenberg, 1988; Hawkins & Eggebeen, 1991; Lamb, 1987). Traditionally, fathers have been assumed to play an important role in the socialization of their children and, consequently, father-absence has been hypothesized to result in a variety of cognitive and psychosocial vulnerabilities. The need to understand the influence of fathers becomes especially acute at a time when high rates of divorce and nonmarital childbearing lead to the prediction that the majority of children will experience some period of father-absence (Bumpass, 1984; Bumpass & Sweet, 1989).
Comments
Published in Journal of Family Issues 14:3 (September 1993), pp. 355–377. Copyright © 1993 Sage Publications, Inc., on behalf of National Council on Family Relations. Used by permission.