View in EDS

Father Absence, Educational Preparedness, and Academic Achievement: A Test of the Confluence Model.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Title:	Father Absence, Educational Preparedness, and Academic Achievement: A Test of the Confluence Model.
Language:	English
Authors:	Fowler, Patrick C., Richards, Herbert C.
Source:	Journal of Educational Psychology. Aug 1978 70(4):595-601.
Peer Reviewed:	Y
Page Count:	7
Publication Date:	1978
Descriptors:	Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Students, Early Childhood Education, Failure, Fatherless Family, Fathers, Learning Readiness, Parent Role, School Readiness, Sex Differences
Abstract:	Father-present and father-absent lower class Black kindergarteners were tested in school readiness, and two years later in academic achievement. Predictions of academic deficits due to early and continuing parental absence, as derived from Zajonc's and Markus's confluence model, were only partially supported. (Author/GDC)
Entry Date:	1979
Accession Number:	EJ195526
Database:	ERIC

Description
Abstract:	Father-present and father-absent lower class Black kindergarteners were tested in school readiness, and two years later in academic achievement. Predictions of academic deficits due to early and continuing parental absence, as derived from Zajonc's and Markus's confluence model, were only partially supported. (Author/GDC)