Race and the Father-Son Connection: The Conditional Relevance of Father Absence for the Orientations and Identities of Adolescent Boys

Hunt, Larry L.; Hunt, Janet G.

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“…Siegman (1966), Singh and Sharma (1978), Mosher (1969), Andry (1960), Medinnus (1965), McCord and McCord (1958), and Bach and Bremer (1947) have all found associations between paternal deprivation and delinquency, criminality, and antisocial behavior. Inadequate fathering has also been linked to a wide variety of pathological and maladaptive behavior and conditions, including schizophrenia (Gerard & Siegel, 1950), drug abuse (Lieberman, 1974), poor cognitive development (Shinn, 1978), low self-esteem (Hunt & Hunt, 1975), and hypermasculine behavior (Lynn & Sawrey, 1959; Miller, 1958). This extensive array of adverse correlates of “paternal deprivation” (Biller, 1974) suggests that, if there is indeed a causal link between inadequate fathering and sexual aggression, it is probably a predisposing factor rather than an exclusive link.…”

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Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Lisak

Roth

1990

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Fifteen men, classified by self-report as rapists and attempted rapists, but who had never been arrested or convicted, were compared to a matched control group on standardized instruments and content-coded interviews. Differences in hostility toward women, power motivations, and hypermasculinity were similar to findings from studies of convicted rapists. However, results suggest a greater role for the father in the etiology of rape-associated dynamics than has previously been reported.

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Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Lisak

Roth

1990

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…Yao (1985) found the highly structured family life of Asian-American students accounted for their high achievement. Hunt and Hunt (1975) found that broken homes lower the achievement of African-American females but not males. Steinberg et al have shown that the parenting practices that most effectively support school performance vary by race and ethnicity.…”

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Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital^*

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Stull

2007

Social Science Quarterly

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“…Racial comparisons of fathering also have yielded inconsistent results (Glauber and Gozjolko 2001; Swisher and Waller 2008). Similar structural conditions may produce different outcomes for different racial groups: For example, Hunt and Hunt (1975) associate father absence with negative outcomes for white, but not Black, sons. Writing four decades later, Schwartz and Finley (2005) indicate that divorce carries more negative implications for Black sons than for white and Asian American sons.…”

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Emerging Adult Sons and Their Fathers: Race and the Construction of Masculinity

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Challenging the public dichotomy characterizing fathers as “involved” or “absentee,” we investigate racial variation in college men’s perceptions of their paternal relationships and the gendered constructions these promote. The analysis draws on intensive interviews (n = 76) with Asian American, Black, and white sons from one university and survey data (n = 1,576) from 24 institutions. In both data sets, Asian Americans and Blacks describe greater paternal distance than do whites. This conceals variations in sons’ understanding of fathers. Asian Americans often criticize their fathers’ distance, disidentifying with the near-exclusive focus on breadwinning they describe among fathers. In contrast, Blacks and whites normalize and identify with their dads. Blacks emphasize the “laid-back,” “cool” masculinity their dads impart, while whites often emphasize the independent masculinity based on mentorship and friendship their dads offer. Recasting sociological theories, we argue these differences emanate from divergent structural contexts, but more importantly, cultural conceptions of fatherhood, race, and gender as well as public discussions that valorize white models of fatherhood.

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Race and the Father-Son Connection: The Conditional Relevance of Father Absence for the Orientations and Identities of Adolescent Boys

Cited by 24 publications

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Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital^*

Emerging Adult Sons and Their Fathers: Race and the Construction of Masculinity

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Race and the Father-Son Connection: The Conditional Relevance of Father Absence for the Orientations and Identities of Adolescent Boys

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.

Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital*

Emerging Adult Sons and Their Fathers: Race and the Construction of Masculinity

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