TY - JOUR
T1 - Father involvement in immigrant and ethnically diverse families from the prenatal period to the second year
T2 - Prediction and mediating mechanisms
AU - Tamis-Lemonda, Catherine S.
AU - Kahana-Kalman, Ronit
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - This longitudinal study focused on fathers' involvement from the prenatal period through infants' first year in Dominican immigrants (n∈=∈73), Mexican immigrants (n∈=∈65) and African Americans (n∈=∈66) residing in New York City. Fathers' prenatal involvement, the quality of the mother-father relationship, fathers' postnatal involvement with their 1- and 6 month olds and fathers' involvement with their 14 month-olds (i.e., time spent with infant; eating meals with infant; activities with infant) were examined. Father involvement was uniformly high and stable. Fathers' prenatal involvement predicted involvement at 14 months, and the quality of the mother-father relationship mediated these associations. Father ethnicity and residency moderated associations between the father-mother relationship, father postnatal involvement and father involvement with 14 month olds.
AB - This longitudinal study focused on fathers' involvement from the prenatal period through infants' first year in Dominican immigrants (n∈=∈73), Mexican immigrants (n∈=∈65) and African Americans (n∈=∈66) residing in New York City. Fathers' prenatal involvement, the quality of the mother-father relationship, fathers' postnatal involvement with their 1- and 6 month olds and fathers' involvement with their 14 month-olds (i.e., time spent with infant; eating meals with infant; activities with infant) were examined. Father involvement was uniformly high and stable. Fathers' prenatal involvement predicted involvement at 14 months, and the quality of the mother-father relationship mediated these associations. Father ethnicity and residency moderated associations between the father-mother relationship, father postnatal involvement and father involvement with 14 month olds.
KW - Father involvement
KW - Immigrant families
KW - Infancy
KW - Mother-father relationship
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U2 - 10.1007/s11199-009-9593-9
DO - 10.1007/s11199-009-9593-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:63749118887
VL - 60
SP - 496
EP - 509
JO - Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
JF - Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
SN - 0360-0025
IS - 7-8 SPEC. ISS.
ER -