ISBN:
9780789010155
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (338 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Fatherhood : Research, Interventions, and Policies
DDC:
306.874/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
How much power does a father have to influence his children's development? A lively and often heated public debate on the role and value of the father in a family has been underway in the United States for the past decade. Nevertheless, we are far from understanding the complex ways in which fathers make contributions to their families and children. Fatherhood: Research, Interventions, and Policies addresses the central questions of the role of fathers: ? What is the impact of father involvement on child outcomes? ? What factors predict increased involvement of fathers?Bringing together paper
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editors' Introduction; I. THE HISTORY OF FATHERHOOD RESEARCH AND PERSPECTIVES ON FATHER INVOLVEMENT; The Soul of Fatherhood; The History of Research on Father Involvement: An Overview; Father Involvement: A Developmental Psychological Perspective; Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father Involvement; Contextualizing Father Involvement and Paternal Influence: Sociological and Qualitative Themes; II. FATHERS IN INTACT FAMILIES
Description / Table of Contents:
Putting Fathers Back in the Picture: Parental Activities and Children's Adult OutcomesPatterns and Determinants of Paternal Child Care During a Child's First Three Years of Life; III. SINGLE FATHERS AND FATHERS WITH NONMARITAL CHILDREN; Father Involvement with Their Nonmarital Children: Patterns, Determinants, and Effects on Their Earnings; Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Well-Being Among Young Children in Families on Welfare; Intergenerational Transmission of Fathering Roles in At Risk Families; The Single-Father Family: Demographic, Economic, and Public Transfer Use Characteristics
Description / Table of Contents:
IV. MARITAL DISRUPTION AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS: INTERVENTIONS AND POLICIES ON FATHERHOODThe Impact of Marital Quality, Divorce, and Remarriage on the Relationships Between Parents and Their Children; Engaging Fathers in the Post-Divorce Family; Exploring Fatherhood Diversity: Implications for Conceptualizing Father Involvement; Public Policies and Father Involvement; V. GENERAL EDITORS' EPILOGUE; The Diversity of Fatherhood: Change, Constancy, and Contradiction; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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