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Source: Father Involvement Research Conference
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Pleck, Joseph H.
Hofferth, Sandra L.
Vesely, Colleen
Cabrera, Natasha
The Transmission of Fathering from Fathers and Mothers to Sons
Presented: Toronto, ON, Father Involvement Research Conference, October 2008.
Also: http://www.fira.ca/cms/documents/147/Transmission_of_fathering_etc-pleck.ppt
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Father Involvement Research Alliance
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Discipline; Fathers, Involvement; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

While most attention in the media and in work-life scholarship has focused on the challenges and opportunities of working mothers, a shift to understanding fathers experiences is needed. As dual career couples become the norm (women in the US now out-earn their spouse in nearly one out of four couples) and men express greater desire to share caring responsibilities, the time seems right to address this under-researched group. What we seek to understand is how men experience fatherhood with respect to its impact on their identity and self-image. In this study, we explore the ways fathers define themselves in the context of being a working parent. We also look at the how the degree of child involvement, as well as other external factors both inside and outside their work environment, influence and shape their identity. Finally, we address how the formation of a working father identity influences career attitudes, behaviors and intentions. We will share the results of a pilot study we are conducting with relatively new fathers and follow with a discussion of the practical and scholarly implications of our findings. We will also consider ways that fathers can be assisted as they go through this change process in their own lives and discuss what can be done to help them re-define and better understand what constitutes professional and personal success.
Bibliography Citation
Pleck, Joseph H., Sandra L. Hofferth, Colleen Vesely and Natasha Cabrera. "The Transmission of Fathering from Fathers and Mothers to Sons." Presented: Toronto, ON, Father Involvement Research Conference, October 2008.
2. Roy, Kevin
Father Closeness and Adult Son's School/Work Engagement
Presented: Toronto, ON, Father Involvement Research Conference, October 2008
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Father Involvement Research Alliance
Keyword(s): Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Educational Attainment; Employment, Youth; Fathers, Influence; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parental Influences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Young men move through diverse pathways from adolescence into adulthood, seeking successful engagement with school and work despite substantial risks. Research is limited on how families can help to stabilize their transitions into adulthood. Specifically, what are the effects of early and later paternal involvement on sons' connection to school and work during young adulthood? We use a sample of young adult men (ages 18-24) (n = 1050) from the NLSY 79 Young Adult study to examine these intergenerational influences. Connection to school or work is measured as a dichotomous variable; if young men work less than 20 hours per week or do not attend school, they receive a score of 0, and if they are employed more than 20 hours per week or attend school, they receive a score of 1. Preliminary binomial logistic regression analyses indicate that closeness with father in adolescence but not young adulthood is associated with young adults' participation in post-secondary education and in employment. These effects hold even after controlling for involvement with mothers in adolescence and young adulthood. Further analyses will examine how father involvement in adolescence and young adulthood predict highest grade completed in school and young adults' level of employment, based on number of hours employed and wages earned. Implications for theory and practice will be considered, including effects of timing of paternal involvement; importance of accounting for closeness in measures of father involvement; and conceptualization of paternal involvement over the life course.
Bibliography Citation
Roy, Kevin. "Father Closeness and Adult Son's School/Work Engagement." Presented: Toronto, ON, Father Involvement Research Conference, October 2008.