Authors: Eirini Flouri, Martina Narayanan and Emily Midouhas, University College London and University of Oslo
Published by: Child: Health, Care and Development, November 2015
SUMMARY
For this study – The Cross-lagged Relationship Between Father Absence and Child Problem Behaviour in the Early Years – the team analysed data from 15,293 participants in the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal survey of children born in the UK between 2000 and 2002. All children in the sample initially came from two-parent, biological families where 71 per cent of mums and dads were married. Researchers looked at data on father absence and problem behaviour at different points - when children were three, five and seven. Children's problem behaviour was measured using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) completed by the main parent, usually the mother. This covers issues including hyperactivity, emotional and behavioural problems and how well children relate to their peers.
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