Family is such a broad term. Perhaps such a vague term in which, it has been evolving differently over many centuries. You would say families consist of a mom and dad, who then have children, but in today’s society that factor has changed. Today a family does not necessarily consist of a mom or dad but may consist of that someone or set of people that is there for you no matter what, a person who understands you despite all your errors. But how important is family? Does the departure of one parent lead children into depression and/or delinquency. Father absence, in specific, is a major crisis in the United States. There has been a lot of research and this topic and many studies have been done to prove this factor along with some other key issues.
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Furthermore, these connections can rely to parental monitoring and other siblings as well. Research was drawn from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979- The Young Adult Survey and a quasi experimental method was done. This method was used to assess two main questions. One, are the links between father absence and adolescent well being plausibly causal? and two, what mechanisms explain associations between father absence and adolescent well being? ( Markowitz, A. J., & Ryan, R. M, 2016). This method involves using each participant more than once, along the way and seeks to establish individual development. The survey first started in 1979 with a representative sample of 12,686 young men and women who were between the ages of 14-22 and they are currently interviewed on a biennial basis (Markowitz, A. J., & Ryan, R. M, 2016). These women, in specific the ones that were mothers, were interviewed in 1994 in which their child had to have reached the age of 15. The most recent study was collected in 2008 involving those children among the ages of 15 to 37. Most of the women that were first interviewed had more than one child and a sibling approach was made in which it made it a within family approach. There were many factors that was involved with children that had sibling. Key factors included things such as did they have the same biological father or not,? …show more content…
Each researcher does their own study accordingly almost revisiting the same key points. According to the article, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” this article seeks to support the correlation between father absence and youth incarceration among male youth’s and along with other issues such as poverty, school dropout and among other factors (Harper, C. C., & Mclanahan, S. S, 2016). This article major conclusions, also ties into correlation with the previous journal because it also establishes that without a father present at home adolescent behavior can be affected. Although poverty was tied with father absence and with adolescent behavior it did not play a crucial role but then tied other issues such as school dropout, residential moves, and family disruption. This article as well as the previous article talks about parental monitoring being a key in an adolescent’s development. According to the article, it states that, “ However, it may be that a higher level of involvement, such as parental monitoring and supervision, is necessary for positive adolescent adjustment in many areas, including delinquency,” (Harper, C. C., & Mclanahan, S. S, 2016) this is completely true along with father absence because even if you are a single parent, there should be no excuse as to not being able to monitor your child at
Furthermore, these connections can rely to parental monitoring and other siblings as well. Research was drawn from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979- The Young Adult Survey and a quasi experimental method was done. This method was used to assess two main questions. One, are the links between father absence and adolescent well being plausibly causal? and two, what mechanisms explain associations between father absence and adolescent well being? ( Markowitz, A. J., & Ryan, R. M, 2016). This method involves using each participant more than once, along the way and seeks to establish individual development. The survey first started in 1979 with a representative sample of 12,686 young men and women who were between the ages of 14-22 and they are currently interviewed on a biennial basis (Markowitz, A. J., & Ryan, R. M, 2016). These women, in specific the ones that were mothers, were interviewed in 1994 in which their child had to have reached the age of 15. The most recent study was collected in 2008 involving those children among the ages of 15 to 37. Most of the women that were first interviewed had more than one child and a sibling approach was made in which it made it a within family approach. There were many factors that was involved with children that had sibling. Key factors included things such as did they have the same biological father or not,? …show more content…
Each researcher does their own study accordingly almost revisiting the same key points. According to the article, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” this article seeks to support the correlation between father absence and youth incarceration among male youth’s and along with other issues such as poverty, school dropout and among other factors (Harper, C. C., & Mclanahan, S. S, 2016). This article major conclusions, also ties into correlation with the previous journal because it also establishes that without a father present at home adolescent behavior can be affected. Although poverty was tied with father absence and with adolescent behavior it did not play a crucial role but then tied other issues such as school dropout, residential moves, and family disruption. This article as well as the previous article talks about parental monitoring being a key in an adolescent’s development. According to the article, it states that, “ However, it may be that a higher level of involvement, such as parental monitoring and supervision, is necessary for positive adolescent adjustment in many areas, including delinquency,” (Harper, C. C., & Mclanahan, S. S, 2016) this is completely true along with father absence because even if you are a single parent, there should be no excuse as to not being able to monitor your child at