For new fathers, parenting stress is a risk factor for impaired early parenting and child
maltreatment perpetration. Predictors of parenting stress, including fathers' own experiences …

Available research evidence suggests the importance of positive parental discipline and
monitoring for the well-being of African American children and adolescents. Given the …

Previous research points to the importance of parenting self-efficacy in facilitating father
engagement, thereby promoting optimal developmental outcomes in children. Nonresident …

Income pooling is a common behavior among couples. However, cohabiting and married
individuals in more complex families, namely those with stepchildren, are less likely to pool …

Child support policy is one of the key forces in the lives of families in the US, where 1 in 4
children and half of African American children live apart from their fathers (Carlson et al …

This quantitative study examines the perceptions of nonresident fathers who have been
divorced or separated from their child's mother and no longer live in the primary residence …