Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1086-1087
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
New female perceptions of parental power
JF McDermott Jr, JA Waldron, WF Char, J Ching, S Izutsu, E Mann, DE Ponce and C Fukunaga
In a study of family roles, 85 adolescent sons and daughters from 27
families initially attributed "power" roles to fathers and "support" roles
to mothers. Three years later, daughters perceived power and support roles
as shared, while sons still perceived the earlier dichotomy.
