Predictors of Single, Noncustodial Fathers' Physical Involvement With Their Children

McKenry, Patrick C.; Price, Sharon J.; Fine, Mark A.; Serovich, Julianne M.

doi:10.1080/00221325.1992.10753726

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“…The need has been explained by the relative ambiguity of fathers' ''job description'', as opposed to that of mothers, making fathers dependent on their wives to define and direct their fatherhood (Doherty et al, 1998;Madden-Derdich & Leonard, 2000). Support and affirmation by the children's mother may be particularly important after divorce, when the societal norms defining the parenting role of the non-residential, non-custodial father remain ambiguous (McKenry, Price, Fine, & Serovich, 1992;Seltzer, 1991) and when many non-custodial, non-residential fathers feel a sense of inadequacy, incompetence (Hetherington, Cox, & Cox, 1985;Kissman, 1997), and devaluation as parents (Jacob, 1983;Lehr & MacMillan, 2001;Minton & Pasley, 1996;Riessman, 1990;Umberson & Williams, 1993).…”

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confidence: 96%

Parent?child relationships during the divorce process; from attachment theory and intergenerational perspective

Cohen

Finzi‐Dottan

2005

Contemp Fam Ther

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This study examined four possible predictors of parental satisfaction in the first year after divorce: Attachment style, parenting style, perception of own parents' parenting, and the ex-spouse's assessment of the quality of the parent's parenting. Findings among 49 divorced couples showed that the mothers' satisfaction was anchored in themselves and their behavior, fathers' satisfaction in their perceptions of their mothers and ex-wives. Among mothers, the less dismissing their attachment style and the greater the centrality of the child in their parenting style, the more satisfaction they tended to report. Among fathers, greater satisfaction was predicted by more education, perception of their own mother as less overprotective, and their perception of their ex-wife's approval of the quality of their fathering.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Parent?child relationships during the divorce process; from attachment theory and intergenerational perspective

Cohen

Finzi‐Dottan

2005

Contemp Fam Ther

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“…Warm and close mother -father relationships are linked to greater paternal involvement (McKenry, Price, Fine, & Serovich, 1992). In contrast, unmarried fathers in unstable or hostile relationships with their child's mother are more likely to be uninvolved (Edin & Lein, 1997;Gavin et al, 2002) and to display negative involvement with their children (Coley & ChaseLansdale, 2000).…”

Section: Determinants Of Father Involvementmentioning

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Fathering in Infancy: Mutuality and Stability Between 8 and 16 Months

Shannon

Tamis-LeMonda²,

Cabrera

2006

Parenting

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SYNOPSISObjective. This longitudinal investigation explores how fathers engage with their infants, how their behaviors matter within and across developmental time, and how demographic and social factors affect the quality of the fatherinfant relationship. Design. Participants were 74 racially and ethnically diverse, low-income fathers from the Father and Newborn Study (FANS) and their 8-and 16-month-old infants (36 boys, 38 girls). Father -infant interactions were videotaped during semistructured free play in participants' homes. The quality of father -infant interactions was assessed using Likert-type ratings of fathers' and infants' behaviors. Fathers also rated their relationship with their infant's mother. Results. Two factors of father engagement emerged at each age (Responsive -Didactic and Negative -Overbearing), 2 factors of infant behavior at 8 months (Mastery, Social -Communicative), and 3 factors of infant behavior at 16 months (Mastery, Social, and Communicative). Responsive -Didactic fathering was concurrently associated with infant behaviors at both ages, although fathering at 8 months only marginally predicted infant 16-month Social behaviors. Fathers who were older, more educated, married to their partners, and who had higher incomes were more Responsive -Didactic at 8 months. Fathers' age and the quality of the mother -father relationship predicted fathers' Responsive -Didactic behaviors at the 16-month assessment. Conclusions. Fathers' responsiveness is important to infants' social and communicative behaviors, and the mother -father relationship influences fathering during the formative period of infancy.

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“…Moreover, the quality of the mother-father relationship affects father involvement and fathers' roles in the family (e.g., Allen and Hawkins 1999 relationships are linked to greater paternal involvement (McKenry et al 1992), whereas fathers in unstable, hostile or conflicted relationships with the mothers of their children are more likely to be uninvolved (Gavin et al 2002), display negative involvement with their children (Coley and Chase-Lansdale 1998), be less responsive toward their infants (Shannon et al 2002), and experience maternal gatekeeping of access to infants or children (Cabrera et al 2000).…”

Section: Pathways To Father Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Father Involvement in Immigrant and Ethnically Diverse Families from the Prenatal Period to the Second Year: Prediction and Mediating Mechanisms

Tamis-LeMonda

Kahana-Kalman

Yoshikawa³

2009

Sex Roles

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This longitudinal study focused on fathers' involvement from the prenatal period through infants' first year in Dominican immigrants (n=73), Mexican immigrants (n=65) and African Americans (n=66) residing in New York City. Fathers' prenatal involvement, the quality of the mother-father relationship, fathers' postnatal involvement with their 1-and 6 month olds and fathers' involvement with their 14 month-olds (i.e., time spent with infant; eating meals with infant; activities with infant) were examined. Father involvement was uniformly high and stable. Fathers' prenatal involvement predicted involvement at 14 months, and the quality of the mother-father relationship mediated these associations. Father ethnicity and residency moderated associations between the fathermother relationship, father postnatal involvement and father involvement with 14 month olds.

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Predictors of Single, Noncustodial Fathers' Physical Involvement With Their Children

Cited by 37 publications

References 22 publications

Parent?child relationships during the divorce process; from attachment theory and intergenerational perspective

Parent?child relationships during the divorce process; from attachment theory and intergenerational perspective

Fathering in Infancy: Mutuality and Stability Between 8 and 16 Months

Father Involvement in Immigrant and Ethnically Diverse Families from the Prenatal Period to the Second Year: Prediction and Mediating Mechanisms

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