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 …

Most studies on parental sensitivity are based on Western samples, and the cross‐cultural
applicability of this construct has been subject to debate. This article reports on a systematic …

We expand our 2007 heuristic model of father involvement using recent research on the
dynamic and reciprocal processes by which fathers influence children's development over …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

FATHERHOOD SCHOLARS ARE increasingly recognizing the need for theory toguide
research (Day & Lamb, 2004; Marsiglio, Amato, Day, & Lamb, 2000; Pleck, 2007). This …

Freud's experiences, lead, the have complex emphasized ways in the which crucial
children's importance experiences, of early memories, and fantasies have enduring …

Research Findings: In the present meta-analysis, information from 21 studies (representing
22 separate samples) was pooled across a 10-year period (1998–2008). Across 2 primary …

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

The quality of father–child interactions has become a focus of increasing research in the
field of child development. We examined the potential contribution of father–child …

Most of the many existing ways to conceive and measure paternal relationships incorporate
ways to gauge father involvement. Although father involvement is a well‐established …