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Download full textKivett, Vira R.; Suggs, Patricia K. – 1985
Information on male linkage is usually generalized from studies of female linkage and the saliency of the father-son tie in later life is unclear. The importance of the father-son tie was examined in 56 men aged 65 and older through a comparative analysis designed to compare the levels of association and helping between fathers and sons to those…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Fathers, Helping Relationship, Older Adults
Lipman, Aaron; Longino, Charles F., Jr. – 1983
Support of aging parents is usually credited to daughters. To investigate the nature of support provided by sons and daughters to married or widowed mothers, married and widowed mothers from the 1977 Social Security Administration's Midwestern Retirement Community Study listed important people and details of the support (emotional, social, and…
Descriptors: Daughters, Family Involvement, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Hurst, Duane F.; And Others – 1984
Research on family interaction has characterized family style on centripetal and centrifugal dimensions, representing opposing natures with their own continua. Centripetal forces produce binding, or a prolonged process of separation of parent and child; centrifugal forces preciptate expelling, or hastened separation and premature autonomy. To…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Elementary Education, Family Involvement
Hoyer, Paulette J.; Jacobson, Joseph L. – 1985
Patterns of attachment in preschool-age children were investigated in a nonexperimental, naturally occurring stressful situation. The sample included 86 families with at least one child 18 to 54 months of age. In each family, the mother planned to deliver another child in a hospital birthing center. Separation from the mother during admission was…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Birth, Family Involvement, Mothers
Michaels, Gerald Y.; Brown, Raeford – 1983
The majority of studies of adolescent parenthood have focused on the relationship between fertility behavior and various social, economic and demographic factors rather than the role of psychological processes in wanting a child. To study the role that motivational factors play in the experiences and processes associated with adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Family Involvement, Fathers
Peer reviewedPalkovitz, Rob – Child Development, 1985
Reviews research concerning fathers' birth attendance, early contact, and extended contact with newborn infants. Discusses relationships between fathers' early history with infants and subsequent patterns of involvement. Considers methodological challenges of studying these relationships and finds that no conclusive statements can be made about…
Descriptors: Attendance, Birth, Child Rearing, Early Parenthood
Peng, Samuel S.; Wright, DeeAnn – 1993
An explanation of why Asian American students perform better than others in school may lie in the nature of the learning programs they receive at home. The purpose of this paper is to define such programs that account for most of the differences in academic achievement among racial/ethnic groups. Data were used from the National Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Comparative Analysis
