The History of Research on Father Involvement

By M. Lamb. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Relationships Among Involvement, Attachment, and Behavioral Problems in Adolescence: Examining Father’s Influence (2005, background): “Consistent with previous findings (Lamb, 2000), mothers are reported to be more involved than fathers with their adolescents.”
Father Involvement During Early Childhood: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2021, background): “…examined taking into account diverse psychosocial determinants, as well as the multiple ways in which it may influence child development, family dynamics, and the relations in daily life, across distinct developmental contexts (Cabrera et al., 2018; Lamb, 2000; Palkovitz & Hull, 2018; Pleck, 2010).”
Latino Fathers: The Relationship Among Machismo, Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Paternal Involvement (2010, background): “The tripart framework of paternal involvement— engagement, accessibility, and responsibility (Day & Lamb, 2003; Lamb, 2000)—allows for a nuanced look at how fathers fulfill their familial obligations, and is especially important in that it recognizes that fathers are more than breadwinners (Pleck, 2”
The connections between adolescents’ perceptions of parents, parental psychological symptoms, and adolescent functioning (2003, background): “Historically, there has been an inclusion of maternal contributions and an exclusion of paternal contributions in studies of children’s emotional/behavioral problems (Lamb, 2000; Phares, 1996).”
The Father-Child Relationship, Parenting Styles, and Adolescent Risk Behaviors in Intact Families (2006, background): “Furthermore, the studies that have highlighted the importance of the father-child relationship for children’s development have tended to examine outcomes for younger children (Grossman, Pollack, & Golding, 1998; Lamb, 1997, 2000; Palkovitz, 1997; Pleck, 1997).”
Measuring Father Involvement Within Low-Income Families: Who is a Reliable and Valid Reporter? (2007, background): “Researchers now recognize that fathers play an important multidimensional role in their children’s lives (Cabrera, Tam- PARENTING: SCIENCE AND PRACTICE Copyright © 2007, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. January–March 2007 Volume 7 Number 1 Pages 69–97 is-LeMonda, Bradley, Hofferth, & Lamb, 2000; Ha”
American Fatherhood Types: The Good, the Bad, and the Uninterested (2004, background): “However, even though types mask complexity and individuality, there is a degree of legitimacy to carefully generalized discussions of fatherhood, be it contemporary or historical, because most fathers share some universal characteristics (Lamb, 2000; Pleck, 1987).”
Normative Influences on Adolescents’ Self-Reported Pro-Environmental Behaviors: The Role of Parents and Friends (2019, background): “This might be due to the fact that mums are usually more involved in their children’s education than are dads (Lamb, 2000).”
The Importance of Father Love: History and Contemporary Evidence (2001, background): “In some respects, the conception of fatherhood has shifted dramatically over the course of the last 300 years of American history (Lamb, 2000).”
Parental Co-Use of Media Technology with their Young Children in the USA (2015, background): “First, and consistent with prior research (Lamb, 2000; Lamb et al., 1987), our findings reveal that mothers still spend more time with young children than fathers.”
The Relationships Among Parental Anxiety, Parenting, and Children’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effects of Children’s Cognitive Vulnerabilities (2014, background): “Compared to fathers, mothers are more involved in children’s education (Paulson and Sputa 1996), spend more time with them (Lamb 2000), and are more emotionally expressive than fathers (Halberstadt et al. 1995); for these reasons, mothers have more opportunities than fathers to model certain…”