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- Title
RELATIONSHIP OF ABSENCE OF A PARENT TO COURTSHIP STATUS: A REPEAT STUDY.
- Authors
ANDREWS, ROBERT O.; CHRISTENSEN, HAROLD T.
- Abstract
The article presents information on studies concerning the relation between absence of a parent and degree of courtship behavior of college students. A study conducted by researcher Robert F. Winch found that the degree of courtship behavior to be retarded in the males with father missing. The present study found accelerated courtship for both sexes when the father is absent. However, both the study fails to give a clear picture of the effects of absence of the mother on the courtship behaviour of either sex. According to the present researchers, the scale of degree of courtship behavior used in both studies is not a very efficient measure of the effects of such absence on the courtship behavior of the offspring.
- Subjects
COURTSHIP; PARENT-adult child relationships; ABSENTEE fathers; ABSENTEE mothers; WINCH, Robert F.; ADOLESCENT psychology; PARENTAL influences; SOCIAL science research; BEHAVIORAL scientists
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1951, Vol 16, Issue 4, p541
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2088288