Resident Fathers' Positive Engagement, Family Poverty, and Change in Child Behavior Problems: Fathers' Engagement and Child Behavior Problems
Fathers' positive engagement may serve as a protective factor for children's social–emotional development. Emphasizing fathers' positive engagement in prevention and intervention programs designed to lower children's risk for behavior problems may have potential value.
“Conceptualizations of father involvement have shifted from emphasizing fathers’ total time spent interacting with or available to children toward emphasizing aspects of father involvement that is more likely closely linked to children’s development” (p. 485).
