The father-son dyad might be the most socially significant male-male relationship in the life course, yet its negative qualities have been the sole focus in most research on the relationship. One communicative aspect that has received little scholarly attention is the expression of affection between fathers and sons, despite the strong correlation of affectionate communication with positive inv...

Of 138 grandchildren of patients, four had pyloric stenosis confirmed at Ramstedt's operation. For the four categories of grandchildren of male index patients the proportion affected was 0/27, 1/17, 1/41, and 0/35 for sons' sons, sons' daughters, daughters' sons, and daughters' daughters, respectively. For the four categories of grandchildren of female index patients the proportion affected was...

The current study seeks to contribute the growing yet limited literature informing intervention development tailored for African American fathers of sons who are at-risk youth depressive symptoms and aggressive behaviors. We conducted semi-structured, qualitative interviews with 30 self-identified, American, biological pre-adolescent (8–12 years old) sons. Informed by grounded theory analysis m...