Abstract

MARIA SGANZERLA, Ilciane  and  CENTENARO LEVANDOWSKI, Daniela. Paternal absence and its repercussions on the adolescent: analyzing the literature. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.2, pp.295-309. ISSN 1677-1168.

This investigation aimed to analyze empirical studies about paternal absence and its repercussions on adolescents, published between 1998 and 2008. A research was conducted in four databases (PsycInfo, LILACS, Scielo and Pubmed), using the following key-words: paternal absence, fatherhood, non-resident fathers, family relationships and adolescence. Only sixteen studies were identified (two in Brazil, and fourteen published abroad), whose themes were classified as prolonged paternal absence. Most of those studies were of a quantitative and longitudinal nature. In general, it was possible to perceive that paternal absence can damage the adolescents’ affective and social development. Important repercussions of that absence also occur in family functioning. Only a few Brazilian studies on this issue during the period considered were identified, suggesting the need for further studies on the quality of father-adolescent relationships in the case of temporary paternal absence, as well as on the quality of the time they spend together

Keywords : paternal absence; adolescence; analysis of the literature.

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