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Featured
Finding
June 2005
Fathers
Matter in Adolescent Outcomes
Key
Data: Compared
with peers who
did not have a
paternal role
model, adolescent
black males who
identified their
father as their
role model had
higher grade point
averages and higher
expectations to
graduate high
school and were
truant less often...( more) |
Recent
research underscores the
important role fathers
play in healthy adolescent
development. A 2003 article
in Journal of Adolescent
Research finds that, compared
with peers who did not
have a paternal role model,
adolescent black males
who identified their father
as their role model had
higher grade point averages
and higher expectations
to graduate high school
and were truant less often.
Similarly, a 2003 article
in the Journal of Marriage
and Family finds that
girls who identify their
biological father as their
primary father figure
report significantly fewer
depressive symptoms than
girls with an alternative
father figure. These findings
and others suggest that
Dad deserves a word of
thanks this Father's Day...(more)
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