@article{218,
  keywords = {Fatherhood and father involvement},
  author = {Chris Knoester and Richard Petts and David Eggebeen},
  title = {Commitments to Fathering and the Well-Being and Social Participation of New, Disadvantaged Fathers},
  abstract = {<p>This study uses data on 2,494 new fathers from the Fragile Families Study to analyze why and how the arrival of a new child may influence fathers{\textquoteright} well-being and social participation. Our regression results indicate that changes in commitments to fathering are positively associated with changes in well-being, religious participation, and hours in paid labor. The one exception is that increases in fathers{\textquoteright} engagement activities with their new child are negatively associated with changes in their hours in paid labor. The findings suggest that increases in commitments to fathering after the arrival of a new child are generally beneficial for fathers. In addition, greater commitments to fathering seem likely to benefit mothers, children, and society at large.</p>
},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Journal of Marriage and Family},
  volume = {69},
  number = {4},
  pages = {991-1004},
  url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00426.x/abstract},
}