THE PUERTO RICAN ADOLESCENT FATHER: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (NEW YORK).
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Title
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THE PUERTO RICAN ADOLESCENT FATHER: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (NEW YORK).
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Identifier
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AAI8401941
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identifier
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8401941
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Creator
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LAGUNA, JOHN NOVAK.
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Contributor
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Anderson J. Franklin
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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Thirty Puerto Rican adolescent males from the New York Metropolitan area were interviewed about their attitudes and behavior on the variables of family, ethnicity, intimacy, and fatherhood. Two groups were compared: 15 unwed fathers, and 15 unwed non-fathers.;Family dynamics were not supported on the hypotheses that (a) more fathers than non-fathers came from single parent homes; (b) fathers rated their own fathers as having positions of greater importance and their mothers lesser importance in the family than non-fathers; (c) fathers and non-fathers differed in their ages at the time of paternal departure from the nuclear family.;Ethnicity was supported on the hypothesis that (a) fathers affiliated more closely with Puerto Rican peers than non-fathers (Fisher Exact Probability Test, p < .05). A re-analysis showed significant differences found in attitude with non-fathers having more positive attitudes concerning Puerto Rican ethnocultural membership than fathers (Fisher Exact Probability Test, p < .05). Hypothesis (b) positing differences between the groups in their designation as Puerto Rican was not supported.;Intimacy was not supported on the following hypotheses: (a) that fathers and non-fathers differed in their experiences of having girlfriends; (b) that the groups differed in the ethnicity of their girlfriends; (c) that fathers and non-fathers differed in attitude on the necessity to consummate sex; (d) that the groups differed in their usage patterns for contraception. However, the data did support the following hypothesis: (e) that fathers differed from non-fathers in their frequency of sexual relations (Mann-Whitney U Test, p < .02). The data were reanalyzed and non-fathers were significantly more positive concerning contraception than were fathers (Fisher Exact Probability Test, p < .05).;Fatherhood was not supported on: (a) that fathers and non-fathers differed in their real perceptions of fatherhood; (b) that the two groups differed on the role modelling of their own fathers; (c) that there would be differences concerning the Puerto Rican father as being different from fathers in other groups; (d) that more fathers than non-fathers would be sons of unwed fathers. The hypothesis that (e) there would be significant differences in idealized expectations of fatherhood with non-fathers being significantly less authoritarian in their expectations of fatherhood than were the unwed fathers was supported (Mann-Whitney U Test, p < .05).
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Clinical Psychology
