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Title: Sons, Mothers, and Externality: Is There a Father Effect?
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Draper, Thomas W. |
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Sons, Mothers, and Externality: Is There a Father Effect? Child Study Journal 12,4 (1982): 271-280. Also: http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1983-20961-001 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies (SUNY College - Buffalo) Keyword(s): Family Influences; Internal-External Attitude; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Mothers; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Sons Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Cross-lagged panel correlations were used to examine the relationship between the presence of sons in the family and personal locus of control in two samples of mothers from the NLS: 2,594 32-46 year old married females living with their spouses and 592 respondents either not married or married but not living with their spouses. Over time, single respondents with sons three years of age and under became more externally oriented. This effect was not observed in respondents with spouses or in single mothers with daughters. The effect was limited to those single respondents with young sons who were responsible for other dependents. This effect was strongest for the less educated respondents. Ethnicity, family income, and age of respondent did not affect the relationship. Findings are consistent with those of E.M. Hetherington et al (1978), suggesting that fathers play a unique role in determining the quality of the mother-son relationship. [(c)APA] |
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Draper, Thomas W. "Sons, Mothers, and Externality: Is There a Father Effect?" Child Study Journal 12,4 (1982): 271-280.
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