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Father-Child Relationships and Nonresident Fathers' Psychological Distress

What Helps and What Hurts

Bibliographic Data

ID2347435
AuthorsAnastasia S Vogt Yuan (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume37
Issue5
Pages603-621
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x14526394
OpenAlexW2114027695
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited39

Nonresident fathers have been shown to have much higher psychological distress than married parents with rates similar to or higher than those of single mothers. This study explores how aspects of the father-child relationship influence nonresident fathers' psychological distress using the 1997 Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Using a structural equation model, this study finds that, other than being married, only father-child relationship quality has a direct influence on nonresident fathers' psychological distress. Conflict with the mother, talking to the child, and the salience of the fatherhood role all influence psychological distress indirectly through father-child relationship quality

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Distress · Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study · Mental health · Panel Study of Income Dynamics · Psychological control · Psychological distress · Psychotherapist · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology

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Citations per year1,38
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
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