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Papa Was a Rolling Stone and I Am Too

Paternal Caregiving and Its Influence on the Sexual Behavior of Low-Income African American Men

University of Georgia, lawillis{at}uga.edu

Leslie F. Clark

University of Southern California

This study focuses on the relationship between the level of paternal caregiving received as a child and its influence on the development of personal attachment style as adults, and whether or not the affected child experiences monogamy. To test this relationship, a sample of 266 low-income, African American males between the ages of 16 and 78, recruited from an inner-city sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in the Southeast, are analyzed. Multivariate and logistic regression analysis reveals that: (a) paternal care predicts the level of anxious attachment style of the respondent and (b) the level of paternal care, anxious attachment, and presence of the father significantly predicts the experience of monogamous relationships with women.

Key Words: fatherhood • sexuality • monogamy • attachment • Black males

This version was published on March 1, 2009

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 39, No. 4, 548-569 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934707299635


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