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Journal Article Examined whether father involvement was associated with acceptance and conflict in father-adolescent relations, fathers' depression moderated this relationship, and father involvement accounted for father-mother differences in acceptance and conflict. Role that father involvement plays in the evolving parent-adolescent relationship. (Author abstract)
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Journal Article The author presents prospective data from a small-scale study of 15 families experiencing an unmarried teenage pregnancy. During and after the pregnancy, the adolescents and their parents were interviewed separately and responded to standardized instruments. Family members' closeness to, communication with, and opinions about the baby's father were significantly different as a function of family role and stage of the pregnancy. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Author abstract)
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Journal Article The Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) enacted in many states removed the established difference in status between legitimate and illegitimate children, thus providing equal rights for all children despite the marital status of their parents. Birthfathers are categorized as "presumed" or "alleged." The presumed father falls under at least one of these categories: (1) He and the child's birthmother are or have been married to each other and the child was born during the marriage or within 300 days after its end. (2) He and the child's mother married before the child's birth although the marriage is…
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Journal Article Most previous research documenting the frequent abandonment by fathers of contact with their children has been based on survey responses of custodial mothers. The present survey of 220 divorcing couples revealed that the noncustodial parents reported significantly more visits with their children, as well as significantly more denial of visitation by their ex-spouses, than did the custodial parents. (Author abstract)
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Journal Article Recent studies on the birth father have largely concentrated on his commitment to the birth mother and the child, but little is known about how members of the adoption triad view him and his role as parent. The author presents the findings of a three-year study that examined the attitudes of the members of the adoption triangle toward the birth father's right of access to identifying information on adoptees. The data show that the respondents were amenable to granting access rights to the birth mother but rejected similar rights for the birth father. Adoptees were largely amnesic about the…
