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The relationship of father absence and antisocial behavior to social egocentrism in adolescent mexican american females

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This study investigated the relationship of family structure (father absence and intact) and the level of antisocial behavior (high and low) to social egocentrism in adolescent Mexican American females. The results indicated that high antisocial females had significantly higher egocentrism scores than low antisocial females. No main effect was found for family structure. A significant interaction was found between antisocial behavior and family structure, indicating that the high antisocial-father absent group had the highest egocentrism scores among the four groups.

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  1. Law, and Behavioral Science, Los Angeles County — University of Southern California Medical School, USA

    Vianne Castellano (Post Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry) & Myron H. Dembo (Professor of Educational Psychology)

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Received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1978. Current interest is child abuse.

Received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1968. Current interests are adolescent socialization and cognitive development.

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Castellano, V., Dembo, M.H. The relationship of father absence and antisocial behavior to social egocentrism in adolescent mexican american females. J Youth Adolescence 10, 77–84 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088425

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