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- Title
The Effects of Involved Nonresidential Fathers' Distress, Parenting Behaviors, Inter-Parental Conflict, and the Quality of Father-Child Relationships on Children's Well-Being.
- Authors
Harper, Scott E.; Fine, Mark A.
- Abstract
Based on data from the 1997 Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the present study examined a sample of 129 nonresident fathers who had regular contact with their young children to determine how father involvement and father distress are related to children's well-being. Results revealed a negative relationship between father distress and child well being, with, based on father reports, daughters being more affected than sons. A negative relationship was also found between inter-parent conflict and child well being. Further, there was a positive relationship between paternal warmth and child well-being and higher levels of father-child relationship quality were related to higher levels of child well-being. In terms of racial subgroup analyses, limit setting was a positive predictor of child well-being only among African-American children.
- Subjects
FATHER-child relationship; CHILD development; ABSENTEE fathers; FATHER-daughter relationship; FATHER-son relationship; AFRICAN American children; PATERNAL love
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2006, Vol 4, Issue 3, p286
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0403.286