
Men as we really are.
Men as we really are.

Research on the Social Importance of
Fathers and Men in General
This research is available for free download.
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Pew Research Center
Parent Action for Healthy Kids
Heath and Human Services Child Information Gateway
Joint Center Health Policy Institute
Leading Women for Shared Parenting
National Fatherhood Initiative
This research requires journal
access for full articles,
but abstracts and some Authors’ Manuscrupts
are available for free download.
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Warshak, R.A. (2014). Social science and parenting plans for young children: A consensus report. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1, 46–67.
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McLanahan, S., Tach, L., Schneider, D. (2013). The causal effects of father absence. Annual Review of Sociology. Vol. 39: 399-427.
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Cable, N., Bartley, M., Chandola, T., Sacker, A. (2012). Friends are equally important to men and women, but family matters more for men’s well-being. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201113.
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Kerr, D.C.R., Capaldi, D.M., Owen, L.D., Wiesner, M., Pears, K.C. (2011). Changes in at-risk American men’s crime and substance use trajectories following fatherhood. Journal of Marriage and Family 73: 1101–1116.
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Alio, A.P., Mbah, A.K., Kornosky, J.L., Marty, P.J., Salihu, H.M. (2010). The impact of paternal involvement on feto-infant morbidity among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 14(5): 735-41.
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Carr, D. & Springer, K. W. (2010). Advances in families and health research in the 21st century. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 743-761.
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Edin, K. & Kissane R. J. (2010). Poverty and the American family: a decade in review. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 460-479.
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Goncya, E.A., & van Dulmena, M.H. (2010). Fathers do make a difference: Parental involvement and adolescent alcohol use. Fathering, 8, 93-108.
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McLanahan, S. (2009). Fragile families and the reproduction of poverty. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 621, 111-131.
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Bronte-Tinkew, J., Horowitz, A., & Scott, M. E. (2009). Fathering with multiple partners: Links to children’s well-being in early childhood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, 608–631
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Guterman, N.B., Yookyong, L., Lee, S. J., Waldfogel, J., & Rathouz, P. J. (2009). Fathers and maternal risk for physical child abuse. Child Maltreatment, 14, 277-290.
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Jordahl, T., & Lohman, B.J. (2009). A bioecological analysis of risk and protective factors associated with early sexual intercourse of young adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review 31, 1272–1282.
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McBride, B.A., Schoppe-Sullivan, S.J., Ho, M. (2005). The mediating role of fathers’ school involvement on student achievement. Applied Developmental Psychology 26, 201–216.