Human, financial, and social capital from several contexts affects child and adolescent well‐
being. Families and schools are among the most important, and research is increasingly …

The number of children residing in single‐father families in the United States quadrupled as
a proportion of children's living arrangements during the past few decades of the 20th …

The purpose of this article was to explore how family chaos, parenting processes, parent–
child relationship qualities, and sibling relationship qualities changed before versus the …

Claims that children need both a mother and father presume that women and men parent
differently in ways crucial to development but generally rely on studies that conflate gender …

This study attempted to assess the notion that a “good divorce” protects children from the
potential negative consequences of marital dissolution. A cluster analysis of data on …

“Look! There in the playground--with the stroller and diaper bag! It's Superdad! Yes, it's
Superdad—the most involved fathers in American history. And with this careful …

Literature and research examining father involvement has focused primarily on outcomes
associated with the well-being and development of children. The contextual factors …

Although recent scholarship has emphasized the importance of examining the rewards of
raising children in understanding variations in psychological consequences of parenthood …

This study was designed to compare the factor structures and means for mothering and
fathering, as retrospectively perceived by young adult children. Three dimensions of …

This study examines how the entrance of a stepfather influences adolescent ties to mothers
and nonresident fathers and how prior ties to each biological parent influence the …