Fatherhood: Research, Interventions, and Policies (Hardcover)

Contents

• Editor's 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
• Putting Fathers Back in the Picture: Parental Activities and Children's Adult Outcomes
• Patterns 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
• IV. Marital Disruption and Parent-Child Relationships: Interventions and Policies on Fatherhood
• The 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
• Reference Notes Included