Father absence and child wellbeing: a critical review

By Wendy Sigle-Rushton, Sara McLanahan. 2004

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Chronic and Proximate Depression among Mothers: Implications for Child Well-Being. (2011, background): “…born to unmarried parents is crucial; this is an increasing demographic group (Hamilton, Martin, & Ventura, 2009), these children may be particularly vulnerable (Sigle-Rushton & McLanahan, 2004), and we know little about the consequences of maternal depression for them (Goodman & Gotlib, 2002).”
Children's Antisocial Behavior, Mental Health, Drug Use, and Educational Performance After Parental Incarceration (2012, background): “…narrative and meta-analytic reviews of research on the effects of parental divorce on children (Amato, 1993, 2001; Amato & Keith, 1991a, 1991b; Emery, 1999; Hetherington & Stanley-Hagan, 1999; Rodgers & Pryor, 1998; Sigle-Rushton & McLanahan, 2004), from which we highlight a few key points.”
Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition (2004, background): “For a review of the literature on the effects of family structure, see Sigle-Rushton and McLanahan (2004).”
Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival (2008, background): “There is an enormous literature arguing that father absence has detrimental consequences for children (see Sigle-Rushton & McLanahan, 2004 for a review), reinforcing the view that marriage is good for children, divorce is bad, and that children should grow up in a home with both biological parents.”
Those They Leave Behind: Paternal Incarceration and Maternal Instrumental Support (2012, background): “Divorce and nonmarital childbearing, which have become more common in the past half-century, have adverse consequences for adults (Amato, 2000; Meadows, 2009; Williams, Sassler, Frech, Addo, & Cooksey, 2011) and children (Giordano, 2010; Kim, 2011; Sigle-Rushton & McLanahan, 2004).”
Fathers' involvement and children's developmental outcomes: a systematic review of longitudinal studies (2008, background): “We did not review studies examining the effects of father absence: there is a vast literature attending to this issue (12).”