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Fathering relationships and their associations with juvenile delinquency
Author(s) -
Shears Jeffrey,
Robinson JoAnn,
Emde Robert N.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.10005
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , developmental psychology , association (psychology) , juvenile , mental health , clinical psychology , psychiatry , biology , genetics , psychotherapist
This study explores the intergenerational transmission of fathering by addressing the associations between men's relationship with their father, their attachment to their children, self‐assessment of themselves as fathers, and antisocial behavior. Subjects for this study were 87 men who were identified as fathers or father figures by women involved in two Early Head Start sites in Denver, Colorado. They were interviewed about their experiences when their child was between 2 and 3 years of age. The study found men who reported high antisocial behavior during their youth reported low assessment of themselves as fathers whereas men who reported a positive relationship with their fathers reported high assessments of themselves as fathers. ©2002 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.