Aggression and paternal absence: racial-ethnic differences among inner-city boys.
Aggression scores were obtained for 132 preadolescent inner-city males to test the hypothesis that paternal absence may differentially influence aggressive behavior. A statistically significant, two-way race by paternal absence interaction (p less than .01) indicated that, when compared to their racial-ethnic counterparts living with both parents, father-absent Puerto Ricans were equally as aggressive, father-absent blacks were less aggressive, and father-absent whites were more aggressive. Tentative interpretations of these findings were developed with a view to the demographic realities of an American inner-city.
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D014505:Urban Population