The Role Of Father Presence
Teachman, Jay, Randal Day, Kathleen Paasch, Karen Carver, and Vaughn Call. "Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence." Journal of Marriage and the Family 60.4 (1998): 835. Web.
The purpose of this article was to access whether there is a negative impact on adolescents behavioral and cognitive outcomes when living in a single-parent environment in comparison to a two-parent environment. Primarily focusing on single parent families where there is no father figure.
Building off of prior research that indicates this negative relationship, their study used date taken from the NLSY, (National Longitudinal Study of Youth), and analyzed the data matching the criteria of two-parent families and mother-only
families. Using the data taken from both 1988 and 1992, they examined three different aspects of the children of these families: behavior (using the Behavior Problems Standardized Index), mathematics knowledge (using the PIAT mathematics standardized score), and reading level (using the PIAT reading recognition standardized score). Using this data, they compared the mean of these three tests for two-parent families and one-parent families. They also took into account the difference between older and younger siblings and the difference between white and black adolescents.
The results proved the prior research in finding a distinct difference between two-parent families and one-parent families within all three tests. They showed, through comparing the means from a set amount of time, that there was a difference between the two types of families. The means for one-parent families, across the board, were significantly less than those of two-parent families.
This article will be helpful for my paper because it measures the effects that one-parent families can have on adolescents. All three of my TV shows, (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, iCarly, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), portray adolescents who live in similar situations of one-parent families. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody fitting the exact conditions of a mother-only family. This research provides a solid conclusion that I can use to view the shows with to see if the shows portray these findings in some way.
The purpose of this article was to access whether there is a negative impact on adolescents behavioral and cognitive outcomes when living in a single-parent environment in comparison to a two-parent environment. Primarily focusing on single parent families where there is no father figure.
Building off of prior research that indicates this negative relationship, their study used date taken from the NLSY, (National Longitudinal Study of Youth), and analyzed the data matching the criteria of two-parent families and mother-only
families. Using the data taken from both 1988 and 1992, they examined three different aspects of the children of these families: behavior (using the Behavior Problems Standardized Index), mathematics knowledge (using the PIAT mathematics standardized score), and reading level (using the PIAT reading recognition standardized score). Using this data, they compared the mean of these three tests for two-parent families and one-parent families. They also took into account the difference between older and younger siblings and the difference between white and black adolescents.
The results proved the prior research in finding a distinct difference between two-parent families and one-parent families within all three tests. They showed, through comparing the means from a set amount of time, that there was a difference between the two types of families. The means for one-parent families, across the board, were significantly less than those of two-parent families.
This article will be helpful for my paper because it measures the effects that one-parent families can have on adolescents. All three of my TV shows, (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, iCarly, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), portray adolescents who live in similar situations of one-parent families. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody fitting the exact conditions of a mother-only family. This research provides a solid conclusion that I can use to view the shows with to see if the shows portray these findings in some way.