Fathers’ Commute to Work and Children’s Social and Emotional Well-Being in Germany

Abstract

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Poverty and Child Behavioral Problems: The Mediating Role of Parenting and Parental Well-Being

“…One limitation of previous research is that the researchers did not consider fathers’ parenting or fathers’ reports of children’s emotional and behavioral problems. Fathers play an equally important role in children’s development [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. Moreover, while previous research has investigated a specific parenting style as a mechanism, no studies have examined parenting in a comprehensive way.…”

Family Matters: Decade Review from Journal of Family and Economic Issues

“…Qualitative and quantitative research should build from and inform each other (Marks 2015 ). For example, several of the studies reviewed earlier investigated the influence of fathers’ time spent with children yet were unable to measure the nature or quality of such time (Li and Pollman-Schult 2016 ; Maume 2011 ; Reich 2014 ). Various qualitative methods could be useful in this situation to illuminate how fathers are spending time with their children and the quality of time spent.…”