Date of Award
Spring 2020
Project
Capstone - Open Access
Major
Human Development & Human Services
First Advisor
Rebecca Babcock-Fenerci
Abstract
Fatherless households are becoming increasingly common throughout the United States. As a result, more and more children are growing up without the support of both parents, and this may be causing developmental consequences. While there has been significant research conducted on the effect of absent fathers on children in general, there has been far less research regarding girls specifically. As discovered in this paper, girls are often impacted differently than boys when it comes to growing up without a father. The current research paper aims to discover just exactly how girls are impacted by this lack of a parent throughout their lifetimes, from birth to adulthood.
Recommended Citation
Castetter, Carlee, "The Developmental Effects on the Daughter of an Absent Father Throughout her Lifespan" (2020). Honors Senior Capstone Projects. 50.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/honors_capstones/50
