Research-To-Practice Brief

Fathers’ Risk Factors and their Implications for Healthy Relationships and Father Involvement

This Fragile Families Brief, from the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University, focuses on how fathers’ risk factors are related to father involvement and relationship status among unmarried couples. Risk factors identified include physical abuse, substance abuse, and incarceration. Authors use qualitative and quantitative data on these risk factors to examine child involvement and the relationships among unmarried couples.

Source
Partner Resources
National/International
National
Topics/Subtopics
Family Strengthening
Fatherhood
Healthy Relationships and Marriage
Publication Date
2007-02-01