Historical Background and Theoretical Perspectives We must consider two perspectives in
order to understand the biological basis of human paternal behavior: one involving ultimate …

This chapter focuses on proximate explanations—usually in terms of psychological or
sociological factors—without regard for ultimate factors which may, when viewed in the …

We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have
we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt …

Due to a greater involvement of American fathers in the direct care of their children in recent
years, interest in the impact and nature of the father's role in nurturing children has …

There is no longer a need to intone the standard opening litany that psychologists have
been preoccupied with maternal influences to the exclusion of other social agents. On the …

The present book brings together the interdisciplinary research of an outstanding group of
scientists who present their state-of-the-art findings on the biochemical, neurobiological and …

Fathers are more than social accidents. Research has demonstrated that fathers matter to
children's development. Despite noted progress, challenges remain on how best to …

The first two editions of The Role of the Father in Child Development (Lamb, 1976, 1981c)
contained encyclopedic introductory chapters in which Lamb attempted to provide inclusive …

Little more than a decade ago, I wrote that fathers were" forgotten contributors to child
development" so far as empirical research by psychologists was concerned. In the …

A little more than a decade ago, Lamb (1975) described fathers as" forgotten contributors to
child development. 77 That label is certainly not accurate today. In the intervening years, we …