Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
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"When you needed your father’s support, was he there for you?" This and other
questions were the subject of a recent study that examined family structure and
father-child relationships. The study interviewed university students who considered their biological fathers to be their primary father figure while growing up. Students raised in intact families reported a higher level of nurturing from their fathers than peers whose parents had divorced. Nurturing was measured on a multiple-item scale based on young adult children’s responses to questions such as the one listed above. In an interesting related finding, the study reported the differences in paternal nurturing between intact and divorced families varied by ethnicity. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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Findings on father-child relationships:
 Adolescent girls who reported having close relationships with their fathers were less likely to have engaged in sexual activities...(more) Religious fathers tended to have better relationships with their children...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |