title: Effects of paternal absence on male adolescents' peer relations and self-image.
abstract: This study explores the extent to which adolescent males experience different peer adjustment and masculine self-image as a function of father deprivation. A sample of 40 middle school boys (20 father-present and 20 father-absent) rated each other on peer adjustment and masculine self-image. Results indicate that father-absent boys evidence a poorer sense of masculinity as well as poorer interpersonal relationships than do father-present boys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counselor Education, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 60625-4699, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Beaty
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept