@article{158,
  keywords = {Fatherhood and father involvement, Romantic relationships, Race and ethnicity},
  author = {Christina Gee and Christopher McNerney and Michael Reiter and Suzanne Leaman},
  title = {Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers{\textquoteright} Relationship Quality During the Transition to Parenthood: Associations with Father Involvement in Fragile Families},
  abstract = {<p>Data from the Fragile Families and Child-Well-being Study were used to examine predictors of involvement among fathers of young children (N=2,215) born to adolescent and young adult mothers (ages 14{\textendash}25; N=2,850). Participants were interviewed immediately following their baby{\textquoteright}s birth and at 3-years postpartum regarding co-parental relationship quality, fathers{\textquoteright} caretaking behavior ({\textquotedblleft}father involvement{\textquotedblright}), and fathers{\textquoteright} provision of material support for the child ({\textquotedblleft}in-kind{\textquotedblright} support). Early postnatal and 3-year postpartum parental relationship quality and father-child cohabitation predicted 3-year father involvement while early father involvement did not. The race of fathers, specifically African American, was associated with lower levels of father involvement. For in-kind support, 3-year father-child cohabitation and 3-year relationship quality were both positively associated with provision of in-kind support. Father{\textquoteright}s income was not a significant predictor but mother{\textquoteright}s involvement with a new partner at the 3-year follow-up was marginally significant. Lastly, the race of fathers, specifically African American and Latino, was associated with provision of less in-kind support.</p>
},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Journal of Youth and Adolescence},
  volume = {36},
  number = {2},
  pages = {213-224},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-006-9130-x},
}