| publication name | The Impact of Father Absence on Sons' Masculinity: A study in a group of Male Schizophrenics |
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| year | 1993 |
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| Local/International | Local |
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Abstract
Many investigators have studied the relation between father absence and several psychic phenomena. In this study, primary concern is with the impact of father loss on sons' gender role acquisition. A group of male schizophrenia with sexual symptoms denoting gender uncertainity was studied in comparison with another group of schizophrenic patients(as a control group). Demographic data as well as the results of Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory(MMPI) and Personal Attributes Questionnaire(PAQ). Were analysed with particular reference to masculinity-femininity paradigm. The main results suggested a defective masculinity development in males who have lost their fathers early in life,