Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement

by David E. Dobson

After decades of focusing on the mother's role in parenting, family studies researchers have turned their attention to the role of the father in parenting and family development. The results shed new light on childhood development and question conventional wisdom by showing that beyond providing the more traditional economic support of the family, fathers do indeed matter when it comes to raising a child.

Stemming from a series of workshops...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805843590
• ISBN13: 9780805843590
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"