Parental Involvement in Child’s Development: Father vs. Mother

Father Involvement over Time and Differences by Union Status: a Comparison of Mother and Father Reports

The Role of Father Involvement and Mother Involvement in Adolescents’ Psychological Well-being

This study of 2,722 British adolescents aged 14–18 years explored whether paternal involvement can protect against low levels of well-being even when maternal involvement and risk and protective factors are controlled for. Results showed that although both father and mother involvement contributed significantly and independently to offspring happiness, father involvement had a stronger effect. ...

Mother Involvement as an Influence on Father Involvement with Early Adolescents.

This study hypothesized that father involvement is influenced by mothers' level of involvement as well as by marital conflict, mothers' work hours, and fathers' status as biological or step father. The analysis also tested hypotheses about mother involvement as a potential mediator of the effects of marital conflict and maternal work hours on father involvement, and hypotheses about factors inf...

Father absence , parental care , and female reproductive development

This study examines female reproductive development from an evolutionary life history perspective. Retrospective data are for 10,847 U.S. women. Results indicate that timing of parental separation is associated with reproductive development and is not confounded with socioeconomic variables or phenotypic correlations with mothers’ reproductive behavior. Divorce/separation between birth and 5 ye...

In memory of my mother and father