title: Paternal absence and its effect on adolescent self-esteem.
abstract: Recent research has indicated that father absence is significantly related to self-concept of black adolescent males. Results suggest that where paternal absence exists in the home situation, the level of self-esteem tended to be affected more for males than for females. Where father was absent in the home, males tended also to have lower levels of self-esteem than females. Where self-esteem of the child and core-facilitative conditions in mother were correlated significantly (p less than .05), male self-esteem was likely to be affected negatively. Therefore, presence of maternal core-facilitative conditions can favourably effect self-esteem of both male and female adolescents in father-absent homes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D010553:Personality Development; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment