With a large and growing share of American families now forming outside of marriage,
triangular infant–mother–father relationship systems in “fragile families” have begun to …

In this widely used course text and practitioner resource, Froma Walsh provides a state-of-
the-art framework for understanding resilience in families and how to foster it. Illuminating …

The protective effect of family structure and socioeconomic status (SES) on physical and
mental health is well established. There are reports, however, documenting a smaller return …

This paper uses the 1995 and 2002 waves of the National Survey of Family Growth to
examine recent trends in cohabitation in the United States. We find increases in both the …

This study examines why low‐income, unmarried parents who say that they plan to marry at
the time their child is born do not follow through on their plans. We use data from a nationally …

Abstract We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (NLSY79) from
1979 to 2002 and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (CNLSY) from …

We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to investigate the
association between coparenting quality and nonresident fathers' involvement with children …

Fatherhood has traditionally been viewed as part of a “package deal” in which a father's
relationship with his child is contingent on his relationship with the mother. We evaluate the …

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) resources protect children and adults against the
risk of medical and psychiatric conditions. According to the Minorities' Diminished Returns …

To study changes in nonresident father contact since the 1970s, we pooled data from 4
national surveys: the National Survey of Children (1976), the National Survey of Families …