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Paternal Absence and Its Effect On Adolescent Self-Esteem

Veterans Administration Medical Center University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Recent research has indicated that father absence is significantly related to self- concept of black adolescent males. Results suggest that where paternal absence exists in the home situation, the level of self-esteem tended to be affected more for males than for females. Where father was absent in the home, males tended also to have lower levels of self-esteem than females. Where self-esteem of the child and core-facilitative conditions in mother were correlated significantly (p< .05), male self-esteem was likely to be affected negatively. Therefore, presence of maternal core-facilitative conditions can favourably effect self-esteem of both male and female adolescents in father-absent homes.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 30, No. 4, 293-296 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408403000406


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