Father's Absence and African American Adolescent Drug Use

Mandara, Jelani; Murray, Carolyn B.

doi:10.1300/j087v46n01_01

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“…Parents are often concerned about how their children and wards will fare in contemporary societies in dealing with these challenges. Previous studies like those of Breivik, Olweus, Endersen, (2009), Mandara and Murray, (2006) and Simons, Simons and Wallace, (2004) have somewhat engaged these challenges and have made different findings which recognized the negative implications of parental absence for the children. Findings in the current article corroborate the earlier findings as could be seen in the quantitative and qualitative data presented above.…”

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“…Living in a single-parent and/or ASP family is a major predictor of delinquency as researches have clearly demonstrated that children from single-parent homes are more likely to be delinquent and achieve less in life (see Breivik, Olweus and Endersen, 2009, Eweoya, 2008, Mandara and Murray, 2006, Wu, 1996, Downey and Powell, 1993. Single-parent families, especially single-mothers, expect less achievement from their children, spend less time monitoring them and use less effective techniques to discipline them (Simons, Simons and Wallace, 2004, Bruce, 1995, Bruce, LIoyd, Leonard, Patrice and Duffy, 1995 unlike in families with the two parents cohabiting and father as the main and only figure stays (see also Gerald, 2008, Wark, 2000, Fagan, 1999, Balcom, 1998 and this is more understandable for Africa and Nigeria where masculinity is equated with control and authority.…”

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The absentee spouse phenomenon and spousal coping strategies in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria

Àkànle

Adebayo

Busari

2014

APS

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Major incentives for marriage and family life are cohabitation, companionship, control Résumé Principales incitations pour le mariage et la vie familiale sont cohabitation et camaraderie, contrôle l'écon-omie et coïtale ordinaire relations pour les deux la procréation et le plaisir. Quand le conjoint absent du foyer pendant une longue période répétées, il pose menace d'attentes des relations familiales avec des implications pour la population et la société. C'est dans ce contexte que le présent article examine les déterminants du vote des absents phénomène conjoint conjoint et stratégies d'adaptation face à Ibadan, dans le sud-ouest du

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The absentee spouse phenomenon and spousal coping strategies in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria

Àkànle

Adebayo

Busari

2014

APS

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“…Those studies mainly found a negative relationship between non-nuclear family structures and child outcomes. Many studies have documented the challenges faced by single parents and the disadvantages of their children relative to children raised in two-parent households (Balcom 1998, Mandara& Murray 2006.…”

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“…Reviewed studies show that children from single-parent homes score lower on tests of cognitive functioning and standardized tests, receive lower results, and complete fewer years of school when compared to children from twoparent homes (Balcom 1998, Mandara& Murray 2006. Even when controlling for economic and racial differences of the family, children from two-parent households outperform children from one-parent households across a variety of measures Kim, 2004).…”

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Family Structure and Child Victimization as Predictors of Children’s Academic Achievement in Primary Schools of Ilubabora ZONE.IMPLICATION for Academic Achievement.

Refu¹,

Getahun²,

Shiferaw.³

2017

IJAR

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This study was conducted to investigate the relative importance of family structure and child victimization in predicting children`s academic achievement in primary school in Ilubabor Zone. The respondents for this study were 620 students" and 20 teachers. A survey was conducted by using a child victimization questionnaire for gathering information about child victimization to examine its effect on academic performance of children, the academic performance was gauged by the result of their Mathematics and English subject achievement result and FGD items developed by researchers. Bivariate correlation, mean score and standard deviation was used to investigate the correlation between family structure, child victimization and academic achievement and to examine difference in academic achievement as a result of family structure respectively. On the other hand, multiple regression and independent t-test were employed to analyze the relative contribution of family structure and child victimization on children academic achievement. Besides, the data from FGD was analyzed qualitatively and presented accordingly. The results of the study revealed the correlation between family structures and children academic achievement. The academic achievement of children"s from Stepparent (M = 15.744) and single parent household (M = 17.53) were significantly different from nuclear family (M = 18.71). The analysis result by multiple regression indicated that there is statistically significant relationship between nuclear family structure and children academic achievement score (t = 10.440, p <.001) as a result of victimization and there is statistically significant relationship between single biological family structure and students academic achievement score (t = 8.575 p < .001) as a result of child victimization and the result also indicated that there is no statistically significant relation between step family structure and students academic achievement score (t = -6.52, p >.05) as a result of victimization. Finally, it was found out that girls perform better than the male in English subject but as a result of family structure impact they perform less than male. Eventually, conclusions, recommendations and areas of further research were forwarded based on the major findings to enhance academic achievement of children from step family and single biological family.

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“…Like much of the family structure literature, the findings of research related to father's presence or absence show mixed results. For example, Mandara and Murray (2006) found a link between a father's absence and drug use among African American boys but not girls. In another recent study, Apel and Kaukinen (2008) found that delinquency of children in ''intact'' family differs depending on whether the two biological parents are married or unmarried but cohabitating.…”

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Family Structure as a Social Context for Family Conflict

Spohn

Kurtz

2011

Criminal Justice Review

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Two major themes in the delinquency literature are the roles of family structure and childhood victimization. Combining these two lines of research, the current project examines the unique contribution of family structure and victimization on the serious delinquency of a nationally representative sample of adolescents. In addition, we examine whether the form of families serves to condition the relationship between victimization and delinquency. Past research indicates that abuse is more likely to occur in two-parent families of a ''mixed'' form, specifically in the presence of a live-in boyfriend or stepfather. However, little is known regarding the impact of victimization on delinquency across different types of family structure. Guided by a theoretical framework acknowledging that notions of justice influence the experience of victimization, our analyses indicate that, although victimization is more likely to occur in nonintact two-parent families, victimization is more likely to result in serious delinquency in intact families and single-parent families.Two major themes relating families and juvenile delinquency are the roles of family structure or ''broken homes'' and family conflict, often operationalized as maltreatment or victimization. Although these lines of research have generally developed in isolation from each other, numerous researchers have undertaken efforts to examine the role of family structure and maltreatment simultaneously, but have produced mixed results. The current study extends these areas of research by examining the interrelationship of family dynamics and family structure, as well as testing the hypothesis that family structure moderates the effect of maltreatment on serious delinquency. Rather than simply comparing the relative strength of relationship between family processes and

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Father's Absence and African American Adolescent Drug Use

Cited by 41 publications

References 21 publications

The absentee spouse phenomenon and spousal coping strategies in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria

The absentee spouse phenomenon and spousal coping strategies in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria

Family Structure and Child Victimization as Predictors of Children’s Academic Achievement in Primary Schools of Ilubabora ZONE.IMPLICATION for Academic Achievement.

Family Structure as a Social Context for Family Conflict

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