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acock

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a·cock  (-kk)
adv. & adj.
In a cocked position.


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Incarceration and subsequent release represent major life transitions that can dramatically change fathers' role investments (Arditti, Acock, & Day, 2005).
For example, Foa and Foa (1974) identified six classes of resources--love, status, money, material goods, services, and information--and, in more recent studies using this list, sex has been added as a distinct resource class (Michaels, Acock, & Edwards, 1986; Michaels et al.
Most single fathers are quite comfortable with their ability to provide child care (Greif, 1985), and studies of single fathers show that they are quite similar to single mothers in their interactions with children (Hall, Walker, & Acock, 1995; Risman, 1998).
 
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