This meta‐analytic study examined the associations between child‐father attachment in
early childhood and children's externalizing and internalizing behavior problems. Based on …

Two meta‐analyses were conducted (N= 10,980 child–father dyads) with 93 studies
published between 1983–2020, primarily in North America and Europe, on observed …

We investigated whether dual-earner fathers' adherence to traditional masculine norms,
father nurturing role beliefs, and maternal gate closing behavior predicted the quality of new …

Despite existing evidence on negative associations between parental autonomy support
and children's internalizing and externalizing problem behavior, it is difficult to draw …

The aim of this contribution is to attempt to understand the adaptive functions of father-child
rough-and-tumble play (RTP) in humans. We first present a synthesis of the known …

Although research on fathers tends to focus on mother-derived conceptualizations of
caregiving, such as sensitivity, it has been theorized that fathers play a unique role in …

This study examined patterns of father involvement and their relations with social,
behavioral, and cognitive development among low-income children< 5 years. Latent class …

The activation relationship is the attachment bond that develops between a parent,
especially the father, and a child in order to foster regulation of risk-taking during the child's …

Guided by developmental ecological systems theory, the studies in this issue emphasize the
immediate context of father–child relationships, the microsystem, including relationships …

The present study examined the influence of fathers' parenting quality during infancy on
children's emotion regulation during toddlerhood and, subsequently, attention …