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A total of 738 children in grades 5–8 from 14 school districts in Kansas voluntarily evaluated themselves, their mothers, and their fathers. The results of this study indicated that children from intact families tended to evaluate themselves and their parents more positively than those from divorced families. Children from remarried families, as opposed to children from nonremarried families, were found to evaluate themselves somewhat more positively, their fathers significantly more positively, and their mothers less favorably. Explanations are offered to account for these findings.
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Received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1972. Research interests included the assessment and amelioration of social and emotional problems in children and adolescents.
Research interests include the investigation of factors associated with father loss and solo parenting.
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Parish, T.S., Dostal, J.W. Evaluations of self and parent figures by children from intact, divorced, and reconstituted families. J Youth Adolescence 9, 347–351 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02087986
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