This article was interesting because it shows that fathers are even an active participant in raising children and substantially contribute to their developmental processes. An unnamed study mentioned in the article presented during the American Psychiatric Association meeting finds that “While the article makes its claim based off of two studies, it opens the door for further research into making sure fathers are adequately prepared to have children. As a product of a two-parent household, it also leads me to question what other developmental processes are affected by both the absence/presence and participation/non-participation of mother and father in raising children.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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It's really difficult to determine psychological effects of any kind. Once many different methods of measuring the correlation between depressed fathers and less intelligent children have been used in experiments, I would definitely like to study this subject further. I am a little disappointed that this short article didn't include any links to the studies themselves. Also, there are no formal citations of the studies. I like that there are links to other publications that reference these studies. A problem is demonstrated here in presenting findings with enough detail for an interested public. I'm interested, but I don't think I would rather do recreational research than watch movies with my friends. If just a little more information on these studies was presented by USA Today or if the links to the studies/citations I mentioned earlier were presented with the electronic article, I would not have this problem.
This article does not really specify the studies done or give very much further information about the topic, which can be frustrating, like Anthony suggested. However, this is a news article and most of the time, news articles like this are not ever that thorough. While we would like them to be, we need to realize that reporters want to get news out there, going more for sensationalism than anything else... Hopefully people don't notice that some qualifiers and details are missing. Notice the article says things like, "a study suggested Tuesday" and "another new British study". These are vague terms that attempt to show the credibility of the article's claims, but still refrain from making specific references.
I liked that the article hinted at some of the things that could lead to depression in fathers. Although I wish this was explored, perhaps they are waiting for more research before stating their speculated claims.
It is very hard to determine physchological effects like anthony has said above. However, it is easier to identify sources of physchological effects so to speak. In regards to the article, teh source is the father in these boys' lives. As the oldest boy in the family I feel a stronger bond with my father than perhaps any one lese in the family. As a result, at times his mood can dictate how mine may be as well. Ultimately, however, I don't know how trustworthy or reliable the source may be. With qesitionable references to specific studies I feel as though I would need more detail.
I like the topic, though.
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