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PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR DIVORCED NONRESIDENT FATHERS
Author(s) -
Braver Sanford L.,
Griffin William A.,
Cookston Jeffrey T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00009.x
Subject(s) - psychology , quality (philosophy) , developmental psychology , control (management) , clinical psychology , philosophy , management , epistemology , economics
Divorced nonresident fathers are a promising target for preventive efforts to assist families after divorce. The research literature suggests that such programs should focus both on the frequency and the quality of the child's contact with the father, as well as the quality of postdivorce mother–father relations. Dads For Life (DFL) is the program for this target group with the most convincing evidence of preventive effects. This eight‐week program centers on professionally made videos. It was tested in a randomized trial with 214 families. In comparison to control families, children in families in which the father participated in DFL had significantly lower internalizing problems. The preventive impact of DFL was strongest for the most troubled youngsters.