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This finding looks at the relationship between father-son relationships and adolescents' attitudes toward divorce.

Compared with peers who did not feel close to their biological fathers, adolescent males who did feel close to their fathers were less likely to expect that they would themselves divorce in the future, whether or not they lived with their fathers.

Sample or Data Description
Data come from 300 respondents to Waves IV and V of the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study.

Source
"Role of the Father-Adolescent Relationship in Shaping Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Divorce"
Risch, Sharon C.
Jodl, Kathleen M. and Eccles, Jaquelynne S.
Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 66, Number 1. February, 2004. Page(s) 46-58.

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