Fathers' Absence and Cognitive Development of 12- to 17-Year-Olds

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13655294
AutoresHarris S Goldstein (Rutgers Medical School, autor de correspondencia)
Año1982
Volumen51
Número3
Páginas843-848
Fecha de publicación1982-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1982.51.3.843
OpenAlexW2064698594
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas4

A national probability sample of 12- to 17-yr.-old children provided an opportunity to examine the effect of the fathers' absence on cognitive development while controlling for the major confounding factors of parental education and income. Significant differences in the outcomes measures—WISC Vocabulary and Block Design and WRAT Reading and Arithmetic—of the two groups were almost entirely due to the control variables and not the fathers' absence

Child development · Cognition · Cognitive development · Confounding · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Reading (process · Statistics · Vocabulary · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology