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NCJ Number: 217579 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers' Relationship Quality During the Transition to Parenthood: Associations with Father Involvement in Fragile Families
Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence  Volume:36  Issue:2  Dated:February 2007  Pages:213-224
Author(s): Christina B. Gee; Christopher M. McNerney; Michael J. Reiter; Suzanne C. Leaman
Date Published: February 2007
Annotation: Data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study were used to identify predictors of fathers' involvement in the lives of young children (n=2,215) born to adolescent and young adult mothers (ages 14-25, n=2,850).
Abstract: The study found that living with his child was the strongest predictor of a father's involvement in his child's life. The quality of the relationship between the mother and father in the 3-year period after the birth of the child was also a significant predictor of the father's involvement in the child's care. African-American parents reported lower relationship quality at the child's birth than Caucasian and Latino counterparts, but there were no significant racial differences in the quality of parental relationships 3 years after the birth. African-American mothers and fathers both reported less father involvement in the child's care at the time of the birth (baseline). Fathers who had less personal income from regular employment at baseline were more involved with their children at the 3-year follow-up. The authors note that understanding the processes that influence various aspects of fathering will assist policymakers and clinicians in supporting adolescent and young-adult parents during the transition to parenthood and throughout their children's lives. Mothers were recruited from hospitals that had the highest number of births to unmarried mothers in the 20 selected U.S. cities. Unmarried parents were oversampled. Mothers completed their first interview within 48 hours of their child's birth, and fathers completed interviews when possible. Follow-up interviews were conducted with mothers and fathers approximately 3 years after the child's birth. In the initial and follow-up interviews, information was obtained on the quality of the relationship between the parents, the father's involvement in the care of the child, and the father's material support for the child at the 3-year follow-up. 3 tables and 39 references
Main Term(s): Juvenile delinquency factors
Index Term(s): Adolescent parents; Neglectful parents; Parent-Child Relations; Parental attitudes; Social conditions
Grant Number: K01MH72504
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD 20852
Publisher: http://www.springer.com 
Page Count: 12
Format: Article
Type: Report (Study/Research)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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