Fatherhood and Father Involvement: Emerging Constructs and Theoretical Orientations

No Degree, No Job: Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of the Impact that Adolescent Fathers’ Human Capital has on Paternal Financial and Social Capital

“…Rather, a highquality, developmentally appropriate, nurturing relationship with the child has the greatest impact on the child (Cabrera et al 2000;Marsiglio et al 2000). However, research on young nonresident fathers continues to focus instead on measures of physical presence or absence of the father, often measured as the frequency of visitation (Day et al 2005). When father involvement is more broadly defined to include the specific nature of their interactions with their child(ren) there is evidence that unwed fathers remain involved with their children (Lerman and Sorensen 2000).…”

Toward a Resource Theory of Fathering

“…The pinnacle of the fathering axis, located at the top of the model, the father-child relationship node (FCR), represents the various factors that researchers tend to focus on when studying qualities of father-child relationships: father involvement as a dependent variable, father-child attachment, paternal style, and father-child relationship quality. Extensive reviews have covered various conceptualizations and operationalizations of a father's relationship with a focal child (e.g., Day, Lewis, O'Brien, & Lamb, 2004;Lamb, 2000;Pleck, 2007). Although there are myriad ways to conceive of and measure paternal relationships, most incorporate some way to gauge father involvement.…”

Incarcerated Fathers: Exploring the Dimensions and Prevalence of Parenting Capacity of Non-Violent Offenders

“…Fatherhood suggests men's proclivity toward the fathering role and their internalized image or role identity as a parent, while father involvement represents the actual parenting behavior or functioning, (Day, Lewis, O'Brien, & Lamb, 2005). In other words, the concept of fatherhood captures the nature and meaning, of fathering and views these as underlying aspects or forces behind parenting behavior as being distinct from the behavior itself (Tamis-LeMonda, & Cabrera, 2002).…”