Parents' Fathering Identity Standards and Later Father Involvement

Bibliographic Data

ID2347397
AuthorsKari Adamsons (0000-0003-3535-8435, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA, corresponding author), Kay Pasley (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
Year2016
Volume37
Issue2
Pages221-244
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x13514407
OpenAlexW2060590128
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited34

Based on propositions from identity theory, this study used a sample of 1,596 coresident couples from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study to examine whether parents' fathering role centrality standards and fathers' status centrality at the time of their child's birth were associated with mother and father reports of father involvement 1 and 3 years later. Mothers and fathers who rated fathering roles as more important reported greater father involvement at both Years 1 and 3; centrality of the father status was associated with father reports of involvement at both years, and mother-reported involvement at Year 3. Interactions between fathers' and mothers' role centrality standards, and between parents' role centrality standards and father status centrality, were found for mother reports of involvement at Year 3. Implications for research, practice, and theory are discussed

Centrality · Developmental psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology

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