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Title: The Impact of Father's Absence from the Home on Subsequent Maternally Reported Behavior Problems of Younger Children
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1. Mott, Frank L.
The Impact of Father's Absence from the Home on Subsequent Maternally Reported Behavior Problems of Younger Children
Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1991
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Child Development; Children; Children, Behavioral Development; Fathers; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Influence; Gender Differences; General Assessment; Household Composition; Maternal Employment; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Racial Differences

This paper focuses specially on the consequences of the father's absence for how a child scores on an overall Behavior Problems Index as well as how he or she scores on a number of subscales of this assessment which purport to measure a children's tendencies to be antisocial, anxious-depressed, headstrong, hyperactive, dependent or to be excessively involved in peer conflict.
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Mott, Frank L. "The Impact of Father's Absence from the Home on Subsequent Maternally Reported Behavior Problems of Younger Children." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1991.