During recent years, fathers' involvement has been addressed as a key source of family well‐
being and positive child development. However, the pathways to father involvement and its …

This meta‐analytic study examined the associations between child‐father attachment in
early childhood and children's externalizing and internalizing behavior problems. Based on …

Since the last decade review of the fathering literature in 2000, scholars across numerous
disciplines such as demography, family studies, medicine, nursing, law, psychology, social …

Over the last few decades fathers have become an increasing presence in research, yet
research on fathers still lags behind that on mothers. In fact, most research on parents still …

Two meta‐analyses were conducted (N= 10,980 child–father dyads) with 93 studies
published between 1983–2020, primarily in North America and Europe, on observed …

Research suggests that heterosexual fathers display similar parenting behaviors as
heterosexual mothers, and have an analogous influence on children's development (Fagan …

We investigated whether dual-earner fathers' adherence to traditional masculine norms,
father nurturing role beliefs, and maternal gate closing behavior predicted the quality of new …

Background While food parenting is a robust area of inquiry, studies have largely focused on
mothers. Given the diversity of family structures today and increases in fathers' engagement …

This observational study compares the child directed speech (CDS) of mothers and fathers
to toddlers in the context of dyadic and triadic interaction. Further the influence of observed …

A growing body of literature highlights the important role of paternal health and
socioemotional characteristics in child development, from preconception through …