Fathers' Risk Factors in Fragile Families: Implications for "Healthy" Relationships and Father Involvement

Waller, Maureen R.; Swisher, Raymond R.

doi:10.1525/sp.2006.53.3.392

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“…26,27 Similar to other studies using the FFCWS, substance abuse was defined as meeting at least 1 of 2 criteria: (1) selfreported functional impairment by use of alcohol or other drugs 27 ; and (2) excessive use of alcohol (having Ն5 drinks on 1 day more than 4 times in the previous month), use of marijuana (almost every day or more in the previous month), or use of cocaine, crack, speed, lysergic acid diethylamide, heroin, or any other "hard drug" in the previous month. 28 …”

Section: Predictor Variablementioning

confidence: 99%

Fathers' Depression Related to Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors With 1-Year-Old Children

Davis¹,

Davis

Freed³

et al. 2011

Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:Paternal depression affects fathers' interactions with their children. However, little is known regarding the association between paternal depression in fathers of young children and specific parenting behaviors commonly discussed at well-child visits. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Depressed fathers were nearly 4 times more likely to report spanking and less than half as likely to report consistently reading to their 1-year-old children. Notably, 77% of depressed fathers reported talking with their child's doctor in the previous year. abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between depression in fathers of 1-year-old children and specific positive and negative parenting behaviors discussed by pediatric providers at well-child visits. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional secondary analysis by using interview data from 1746 fathers of 1-year-old children in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Positive parenting behaviors included fathers' reports of playing games, singing songs, and reading stories to their children Ն3 days in a typical week. Negative parenting behavior included fathers' reports of spanking their 1-year-old children in the previous month. Depression was assessed by using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form. Weighted bivariate and multivariate analyses of parenting behaviors were performed while controlling for demographics and paternal substance abuse. RESULTS:Overall, 7% of fathers had depression. In bivariate analyses, depressed fathers were more likely than nondepressed fathers to report spanking their 1-year-old children in the previous month (41% compared with 13%; P Ͻ .01). In multivariate analyses, depressed fathers were less likely to report reading to their children Ն3 days in a typical week (adjusted odds ratio: 0.38 [95% confidence interval: 0.15-0.98]) and much more likely to report spanking (adjusted odds ratio: 3.92 [95% confidence interval: 1.23-12.5]). Seventy-seven percent of depressed fathers reported talking to their children's doctor in the previous year. CONCLUSIONS:Paternal depression is associated with parenting behaviors relevant to well-child visits. Pediatric providers should consider screening fathers for depression, discussing specific parenting behaviors (eg, reading to children and appropriate discipline), and referring for treatment if appropriate.

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Section: Predictor Variablementioning

confidence: 99%

Fathers' Depression Related to Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors With 1-Year-Old Children

Davis¹,

Davis

Freed³

et al. 2011

Pediatrics

156

135

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“…Both used criminal statistics to create a demographic risk factor list that including certain paternal types creating higher risk (biological and un-related male living in the home). Waller & Swisher (2006) and Coohey (2000) looked at the underlying question of why. What were the risk factors for fathers in fragile families?…”

Section: Defining Child Physical Abusementioning

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Who’s Your Daddy? Potential Labeling Bias in Mandatory Reporting - a Vignette Study

Koch¹,

Koch²

2016

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“…Unmarried parents" unions are far less stable than marriages (McLanahan 2011;Perelli-Harris et al 2012), and fathers" likelihood of remaining involved with children when unions disrupt is considerably weaker when parents were unmarried at the birth (McLanahan 2011). In the United States, resources have been devoted to programs aimed at strengthening ties between men and their children, links that are often mediated by fathers" relationships with their child"s mother (Carlson 2006;Carlson, McLanahan, and Brooks-Gunn 2008;Waller and Swisher 2006). A primary goal of these initiatives is to encourage unwed parents to marry, under the assumption that doing so will produce more positive child outcomes (Nock 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Men’s economic status and marital transitions of fragile families

Sassler

Roy

Stasny

2014

DemRes

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Fathers' Risk Factors in Fragile Families: Implications for "Healthy" Relationships and Father Involvement

Cited by 136 publications

References 34 publications

Fathers' Depression Related to Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors With 1-Year-Old Children

Fathers' Depression Related to Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors With 1-Year-Old Children

Who’s Your Daddy? Potential Labeling Bias in Mandatory Reporting - a Vignette Study

Men’s economic status and marital transitions of fragile families

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