African American Father Involvement and Preschool Children's School Readiness

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Parent characteristics, economic stress, and neighborhood context as predictors of parent involvement in preschool children’s education (2007, background): “Downer and Mendez (2005) found significant relations between African American fathers' self-reported efficacy regarding education and frequency of homebased educational activities with their children enrolled in Head Start.”
Father Involvement in Immigrant and Ethnically Diverse Families from the Prenatal Period to the Second Year: Prediction and Mediating Mechanisms (2009, unknown): “Moreover, family rituals such as eating the evening meal together and spending time together on weekends are common in Mexican American families, which may be due to a combination of high residency and family-oriented values (Downer and Mendez 2005).”
Fathers' and Mothers' Home Literacy Involvement and Children's Cognitive and Social Emotional Development: Implications for Family Literacy Programs (2013, background): “Downer and Mendez (2005) used a small sample of low-income African American fathers to investigate the relation between father involvement and children’s preschool outcomes.”