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 …

Attachment theory, developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about seventy years
ago, has become one of the most influential and comprehensive contemporary psychology …

This study examined patterns of father involvement and their relations with social,
behavioral, and cognitive development among low-income children< 5 years. Latent class …

Based on family system theory and the internal working model of attachment, this study
explored how and when paternal coparenting behavior is related to adolescent prosocial …

Although a vast body of work has elucidated the correlates and consequences of mother-
child attachment security, relatively less research has focused on the development of father …

Objective Engagement of fathers in family health services confers benefits for the health and
wellbeing of the whole family. The childbirth continuum is traditionally considered a feminine …

As fathering research has flourished, a growing body of studies has focused on behavioral
and neurobiological mechanisms, respectively associated with caregiving sensitivity and …

Infant faces are prioritized by the attentional system in parents, resulting in a greater
cognitive engagement in terms of response time. However, many biological, contextual and …

A series of studies have shown that mothers' early tactile behaviors have positive effects,
both on full-term and preterm infants, and on mothers alike. Regarding fathers, research has …

Due to the lack of parental care, the issue of left-behind children (LBC)'s mental health has
been highlighted in the academic field. In LBC's families, a large proportion of fathers …