A sample (N = 112) composed primarily of European American and middle-class two-parent families with a resident father and a 4-year-old child (48% girls) participated in a longitudinal study of associations between coparenting and father involvement.
This quantitative, longitudinal study examined reciprocal relations between father involvement (e.g., playing and caregiving) at an initial assessment and observed coparenting behavior (supportive versus undermining) in families with resident fathers and preschool-age children.
In this article we explore the micro-social context of parental tobacco use in the first years of a child’s life and early childhood. We conducted individual interviews with 28 mothers and fathers during the 4 years following the birth of their child.
Most research focuses on the negative impact of second-hand smoke and children and ways to reduce this risk. This study utilized qualitative interviews to better understand how children influence parent smoking practices.
A unique observational data set was used to explore quality at the point of service in after-school programs. Staff practices in after-school settings were represented on a series of unidimensional scales closely indexed to staff behavior.
Observational data were used to explore common staff practices (pedagogies) at an after-school youth program to explore profiles of staff behavior in youth programs, and to determine how practices are bundled together as coherent pedagogies.