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| Emotional Adjustment | 1 |
| Fathers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBoss, Pauline; And Others – Family Relations, 1987
Studied 70 rural and urban midlife couples to explore fathers' and mothers' responses to an adolescent leaving home. Found few rural-urban differences, but sex differences appeared salient. Most respondents had little difficulty with the transition. When dysfunction was experienced, boundary ambiguity proved a strong predictor of somatitization…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Fathers
