ERIC Number: EJ758252
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Feb
Pages: 12
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Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers' Relationship Quality during the Transition to Parenthood: Associations with Father Involvement in Fragile Families
Gee, Christina B.; McNerney, Christopher M.; Reiter, Michael J.; Leaman, Suzanne C.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v36 n2 p213-224 Feb 2007
Data from the Fragile Families and Child-Well-being Study were used to examine predictors of involvement among fathers of young children (N = 2,215) born to adolescent and young adult mothers (ages 14-25; N = 2,850). Participants were interviewed immediately following their baby's birth and at 3-years postpartum regarding co-parental relationship quality, fathers' caretaking behavior ("father involvement"), and fathers' provision of material support for the child ("in-kind" support). Early postnatal and 3-year postpartum parental relationship quality and father-child cohabitation predicted 3-year father involvement while early father involvement did not. The race of fathers, specifically African American, was associated with lower levels of father involvement. For in-kind support, 3-year father-child cohabitation and 3-year relationship quality were both positively associated with provision of in-kind support. Father's income was not a significant predictor but mother's involvement with a new partner at the 3-year follow-up was marginally significant. Lastly, the race of fathers, specifically African American and Latino, was associated with provision of less in-kind support.
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Young Adults, Mothers, Fathers, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Predictor Variables, Well Being, Child Welfare, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Parent Participation, Racial Differences, African Americans, Income, Hispanic Americans, Financial Support
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Language: English
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