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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"father figures"”.
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Impact of Absent Father-Figures on Male Subjects and the Correlation to Juvenile Delinquency: Findings and Implications
This study was predicated on the belief that a father brings something unique to the family, thus, making irreplaceable contributions to the life of a child. Fathers are unique in that they provide something different from mothers. They are irreplaceable because when they are absent, children are …
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Kinetic Family and Human Figure Drawings of Child and Adolescent Sexual Offenders
… more often: (1) omitted facial features on the father; (2) omitted the body, arms, hands, and feet on the mother and father figures,- (3) omitted the father and mother figures from their drawings,- (4) drew a long neck on the mother figure,- (5) drew a mother figure that showed lack of nurture,- …
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The behavioural ecology of modern families: a longitudinal study of parental investment and child development
… of investment indicate a male-bias driven by fathers, while number of brothers relative to sisters is associated with reduced cognitive, but not physical or behavioural well-being. Fourth, children with unrelated father figures will receive less investment. This hypothesis is supported. …
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"within the hollow crown": Performing Kingship in Richard II and Henry IV Part One
… – specifically, their interactions with father figures, their understandings of kingship, and their divided performances of their roles – are highlighted in performance.</p>
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FATHERS, SONS, AND PETS: INTERGENERATIONAL DESIRE AND TRAUMA IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GAY ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY IN I'LL GET THERE. IT BETTER BE WORTH THE TRIP AND THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE
… pets. Both protagonists tend to associate their fathers with potential sexual partners as an attempt to find companionship with anyone they perceive as mature within their immediate social circle. When their fathers or father figures are unavailable, they fill this gap by forming bonds with their …
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Fatherhood and Fatherland in Chimamanda Adichie's "Purple Hibiscus".
… Adichie achieves this allegory by allowing the father figures of the novel to represent the different political paths Nigeria could have followed in its post-colonial period. The Achike siblings' identities develop through interactions with each of these patriarchs.</p>
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Fathering and masculinity in children’s animated films: An analysis of top grossing lifetime films released 1989-2017
… it is necessary to analyze messages regarding fatherhood and masculinity that are portrayed to children to better understand how they may use these messages when constructing their own beliefs. To address this gap, this project analyzed a sample of the top lifetime-grossing children’s animated …
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Adolescents' perceptions of fathering factors that influence identity development
… how adolescents perceive the influence of their fathers on their identity development. This study explored the lived experiences of adolescents and the interactions with the father figures in their lives. The study consisted of 16 participants from a North Texas high school. All participants …
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Father-son relationship quality and associated adolescent risks
… decades has advanced knowledge in the study of fathers and the protective role they play in the prevention of adolescent risk behaviours. Studies have often investigated parental relationships and their influence on adolescent risk behaviours but rarely the specific role of the adolescents’ …
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The Adult Scale Of Parental Attachment-Short Form: Item Selection, Factor Structure, And Psychometric Properties
… on their relationships with both mother and father figures in childhood. Utilizing the conceptual underpinnings of Classical Test Theory and factor analysis, a 40-item version of the ASPA (called the ASPA-SF) was created from 1,075 archived responses through a test construction and test …
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“Henrietta and Harriet:” Considering the Marginalized Best Friend in Burney’s <em>Cecilia</em> and Austen’s <em>Emma</em>
… threads—heiresses with absent or inadequate father figures, charity-case best friends, and rushed endings—connecting <em>Emma</em> and <em>Cecilia</em>. Tracing these threads allows us to examine the possible influence of Burney’s writing on Austen and also calls attention to the author’s …
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'Ukuba yindoda kwelixesha' ('To be a man in these times'): Fatherhood, marginality and forms of life among young men in Gugulethu, Cape Town
… in Cape Town, formulate their conceptions of fatherhood and fathering, and understand their roles and involvement with their children. Far from being a simple biological function, the nature of fatherhood among these young men is shaped by social, economic, political and historical conditions …
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An exploratory analysis of gender, sexual orientation and mental health outcomes
… than GLB respondents. H3: Parental figures will more strictly regulate male gender performance, regardless of sexuality. The second set of hypotheses explored the intergroup dimensions of GLB identity. H4: For GLB persons, higher levels of parental connectedness/support will be …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Paternal Warmth: Does Racial Identity Moderate this Relationship and Does Depression, Anxiety, and Physical Health Mediate this Relationship?
… experiences influence paternal warmth and father involvement. Research on fathering has identified personal (e.g., age, race, income, parental stress, depression, and anxiety) and social (e.g., residential and relationship status, co-parenting) predictors of paternal warmth and father …
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The Impact of Family, Community, and Resilience on African-American Young Adults Who Had Parents Incarcerated During Childhood
… Not one child entered foster care during the father‘s imprisonment. Mothers and/or grandmothers were the primary caregivers. Grandmothers became surrogate parents when a significant number of mothers worked multiple jobs, attended school or needed time to regain balance in their lives. The …
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The genesis of poetic prose in the works of Louis-Ferdinand Celine through the transgressive and maieutic agency of the figure of the Double
… include war and the author's concept of death; father figures who exerted an influence on both the medical and literary careers of the author; Celine's transgressive use of idiolect, and the presence in the author's work of Dionysian and Apollinian elements as a metaphor for creative conflict. …