Associations of Contextual Risk and Protective Factors with Fathers' Parenting Practices in the Postdeployment Environment

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Summary

Post-deployed fathers' who served in the National Guard and Reserves, involvement and effective parenting were examined. Pre-intervention data were used from fathers participating in the After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) randomized control trial. Parenting practices were obtained from direct observation of father- child interaction and included measures of problem solving, harsh discipline, positive involvement, encouragement, and monitoring.

Citation
Davis, L., Hanson, S. K., Zamir, O., Gewirtz, A. H., DeGarmo, D. S. (2015). Associations of Contextual Risk and Protective Factors with Fathers' Parenting Practices in the Postdeployment Environment. Psychological Services, 12, 250-260. doi:10.1037/ser0000038