Handbook of Father Involvement
Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 7. May 2013
504 pages
978-1-136-23505-4 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition reviews the new research findings and theoretical advances on fathers, families, child development, programs, and policies that have occurred in the past decade. Contributors from a range of disciplines and countries showcase contemporary findings within a new common chapter structure. All of the chapters are either extensively revised or entirely new. Biological, evolutionary, demographic, developmental, cultural, sociological, economic, and legal perspectives of father involvement are described along with policy and program implications. Now with a greater international perspective, this edition considers demographic shifts in families in the United States and Europe.
All chapters now follow a common structure to enhance readability and interdisciplinary connections. Each chapter features: Historical Overview and Theoretical Perspectives; Research Questions; Research Methods and Measurement; Empirical Findings; Bridges to other Disciplines; Policy Implications; and Future Directions. In addition, each chapter highlights universal and cultural processes and mechanisms. This structure illuminates the ways that theories, methods, and findings are guided by disciplinary lenses and encourages multidisciplinary perspectives.
This extensively revised edition now features:
* Expanded section on Biological and Evolutionary Perspectives that reviews fathering in animal populations and the genetic and hormonal underpinnings that feed into fathering behaviors within and across species.
* New section on Economic and Legal Perspectives that addresses the economics of fatherhood, marriage, divorce, and child custody issues, and family dispute resolution.
* New section on Child Development and Family Processes that covers topics on father-child relationships, the father' role in children's language, cognitive, and social development, and father risk, family context, and co-parenting.
* Separate chapters on Black, Latino, and Asian American fathers.
* Now includes research on cohabitation and parenting, gender roles and fathering, intergenerational parenting, and fatherhood implications for men in the section on Sociological Perspectives.
* The latest demographics, policies, and programs influencing father involvement in both the US and Europe.
* Coverage of methodological and measurement topics and processes that are universal across ethnic groups and cultures in each chapter.
Intended for advanced students, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers interested in fatherhood and family processes from a variety of disciplines including psychology, family studies, economics, sociology, and social work, and anyone interested in child and family policy.
All chapters now follow a common structure to enhance readability and interdisciplinary connections. Each chapter features: Historical Overview and Theoretical Perspectives; Research Questions; Research Methods and Measurement; Empirical Findings; Bridges to other Disciplines; Policy Implications; and Future Directions. In addition, each chapter highlights universal and cultural processes and mechanisms. This structure illuminates the ways that theories, methods, and findings are guided by disciplinary lenses and encourages multidisciplinary perspectives.
This extensively revised edition now features:
* Expanded section on Biological and Evolutionary Perspectives that reviews fathering in animal populations and the genetic and hormonal underpinnings that feed into fathering behaviors within and across species.
* New section on Economic and Legal Perspectives that addresses the economics of fatherhood, marriage, divorce, and child custody issues, and family dispute resolution.
* New section on Child Development and Family Processes that covers topics on father-child relationships, the father' role in children's language, cognitive, and social development, and father risk, family context, and co-parenting.
* Separate chapters on Black, Latino, and Asian American fathers.
* Now includes research on cohabitation and parenting, gender roles and fathering, intergenerational parenting, and fatherhood implications for men in the section on Sociological Perspectives.
* The latest demographics, policies, and programs influencing father involvement in both the US and Europe.
* Coverage of methodological and measurement topics and processes that are universal across ethnic groups and cultures in each chapter.
Intended for advanced students, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers interested in fatherhood and family processes from a variety of disciplines including psychology, family studies, economics, sociology, and social work, and anyone interested in child and family policy.
Reviews / Votes
"At the core of this book are the goals of describing and understanding the nature, antecedents, and consequences of father involvement across biological status, family structure, culture, and stages in children's development-both within and across scientific boundaries. Each of the scientific disciplines represented offers unique methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of fathering and to the interpretation of behavioral patterns that characterize ecological systems that include-as well as extend beyond-family units. Together, the chapters offer insight into the nature and meaning of fatherhood and father involvement by questioning longstanding assumptions about fathers' roles in the lives of families and children."-Adolescence
"...this handbook merges theories and research from the fields of psychology, economics, demography, sociology, anthropology, and social policy....Each of the scientific disciplines represented offers unique methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of fathering and to the interpretation of behavioral patterns that characterize ecological systems that include--as well as extend beyond--family units....the chapters offer insight into the nature and meaning of fatherhood and father involvement."
-Family Therapy "This volume shows how much progress has been made in understanding the role of fathering, from multiple perspectives ranging from the evolutionary biological to the sociological, cross-cultural and legal, with much in between. With chapters written by the best and brightest in their fields, any student or professional interested in fathering should have this volume." - Jay Belsky, University of California, Davis
"In the expert hands of Editors Cabrera and Tamis-LeMonda, a firmament of contributors advances on the stellar story about fathers initiated by the first edition of this Handbook with new and sophisticated theory and research in this second edition. ... The interdisciplinary constellation of stars collected here sheds light on every corner of rapidly expanding universe of fatherhood study. Fathers have arrived." - Marc H. Bornstein, Editor Parenting: Science and Practice, USA
"The editors have assembled an impressive array of leading fathering scholars, providing cutting-edge and original contributions about how father involvement is conceptualized and measured. This book is a must-read for scholars from all disciplines wishing to expand their understanding of how fathers matter." - Margaret O'Brien, University of East Anglia, UK
"The theoretical perspectives are wide ranging, and the comparative chapters on fathers in the European Union, and in ethnic communities including African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans, are particularly welcome for understanding fathering in the 21st century." - Thomas S. Weisner, UCLA, USA
"It features an improved format and builds on a base of literature that has exploded in volume and breadth over the last decade. ... The second edition ... will detail the progress achieved during this magnificent decade. ... The additions will broaden the audience to include policy programs and help reflect on the policy innovations of the last decade."-
V. Jeffrey Evans, NICHD, NIH, USA "The ... changes add to clarity and structure and the list of contributors is most impressive. Any PhD or graduate student, policy maker or community worker should find something extremely useful in this volume. ...The "Bridges to other disciplines" and "Policy implications" make the volume useful for scholars and policy advisors alike." - Anna Sarkadi, Uppsala University, Sweden
"The editors and authors are excellent scholars with outstanding track records. ... I am impressed with the array of topics ... [and] by the editors' commitment to ensuring that every contributor address how research from other disciplines applies to the topics they are addressing." - Mark Fine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
15 s/w Tabellen, 1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 3 s/w Zeichnungen
15 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white
File size
3,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-23505-4 (9781136235054)
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Persons
Natasha J. Cabrera is Associate Professor in Human Development at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cabrera arrived at the University of Maryland with several years of experience as an SRCD Executive Fellow and Expert in Child Development with the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB) of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Dr. Cabrera's research, funded by National Institute of Child Development and the Ford Foundation, focuses on: father involvement and children's development; children's developmental trajectories in low income and minority families; ethnic and cultural differences in fathering and mothering behaviors; family processes in a social and cultural context and children's social development; and the mechanisms that link early experience to children's school readiness and children's social development. She has published in peer-reviewed journals on policy, methodology, theory and the implications of father involvement on child development and she co-edited other volumes including Latina/o Child Psychology and Mental Health (2011) and From Welfare to Child Care (2006).
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda is Professor of Developmental Psychology at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development and Education at NYU, where she engages in research on the language, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and children from culturally diverse backgrounds across the first years of life. Her focus on early developmental processes highlights the social and cultural contexts of early development, especially the ways in which mothers' and fathers' beliefs and practices shape children's developmental trajectories in different populations within the U.S. and internationally. Tamis-LeMonda's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Child Development, National Institute of Mental Health, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, the Ford Foundation, and the Robinhood Foundation. She has approximately 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has co-edited other volumes including Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 2<+>nd<+> Edition (2006) and The Development of Social Cognition and Communication (2005).
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda is Professor of Developmental Psychology at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development and Education at NYU, where she engages in research on the language, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and children from culturally diverse backgrounds across the first years of life. Her focus on early developmental processes highlights the social and cultural contexts of early development, especially the ways in which mothers' and fathers' beliefs and practices shape children's developmental trajectories in different populations within the U.S. and internationally. Tamis-LeMonda's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Child Development, National Institute of Mental Health, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, the Ford Foundation, and the Robinhood Foundation. She has approximately 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has co-edited other volumes including Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 2<+>nd<+> Edition (2006) and The Development of Social Cognition and Communication (2005).
Content
Section I: Biological Processes and Evolutionary Perspectives. A. Storey, C. Walsh, Biological Basis of Mammalian Paternal Behavior. D. Waynforth, Evolutionary Perspectives on Father Involvement. K. L. Bales, M. R. Jarcho, Fathering in Non-Human Primates.Section II: Demographic Perspectives. S. L. Hofferth, J. H. Pleck, F. Goldscheider, S. Curtin, K. Hrapczynski, Family Structure and Men's Motivation for Parenthood in the United States. W. Sigle-Rushton, A. Goisis, R. Keizer, Fathers and fatherhood in the European Union. M. E. Scott, K. Peterson, E. Ikramullah, J. Manlove, Multiple-partner Fertility among Unmarried Nonresident Fathers.Section III: Child Development and Family Processes. M. E. Lamb, C. Lewis, Father-Child Relationships. C. S. Tamis-LeMonda, L. Baumwell, Natasha. J. Cabrera, Fathers' Role in Children's Language Development. M. S. Leidy, T. J. Schofield, Ross D. Parke, Fathers' Contributions to Children's Social Development. H. E. Fitzgerald, E. L. Bocknek, Fathers, Children and the Risk-Resilience Continuum. L. A. Roggman, R. H. Bradley, H. Raikes, Fathers in Family Contexts. R. Palkovitz, J. Fagan, Coparenting and Children's Wellbeing.Section IV: Cultural Perspectives. J. L. Roopnarin, Z. Hossain, African American and African Caribbean Fathers. N. J. Cabrera, D. Aldoney, C. S. Tamis-LeMonda, Latino Fathers. D. B. Qin, Tzufen Chang, Asian American Fathers.Section V: Sociological Perspectives. W. D. Manning, S. L. Brown, Cohabiting Fathers. A. Doucet, Gender Roles and Fathering. K. Roy, J. Smith, Nonresident Fathers, Kin, and Intergenerational Parenting. D. J. Eggebeen, C. Knoester, B. McDaniel, The Implications of Fatherhood for Men. Section VI: Economic and Legal Perspectives. D. Bishai, Economics of Fatherhood. M. M. Stevenson, S. L. Braver, I. M. Ellman, A. M. Votruba, Fathers, Divorce, and Child Custody. A. G. Applegate, K. Schwartz, A. Holtzworth-Munroe, Fathers and Family Dispute Dissolution.Section VIII: Policies and Program. S. Coltrane, A. Behnke, Fatherhood and Family Policies. E. Kramer Holmes, P. A. Cowan, C. P. Cowan, A. J. Hawkins, Marriage, Fatherhood, and Parenting Programs.
