@article{678,
  keywords = {Fatherhood and father involvement, Income and socioeconomic status, Romantic relationships},
  author = {J. Bart Stykes},
  title = {What Matters Most? Money, Relationships, and Visions of Masculinity as Key Correlates of Father Involvement},
  abstract = {<p>This research examines the influence of human capital and masculine identity on fathers{\textquoteright} verbal interactions with children. Random effects techniques were applied to the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study and addressed the importance of time-variant indicators of economic capital and relational capital alongside fathers{\textquoteright} visions of masculinity at the child{\textquoteright}s birth. Results indicated that higher levels of human capital were positively associated with father involvement{\textemdash}though relational capital was more consequential for involvement than economic capital. Visions of masculinity served as a poor predictor of father involvement suggesting masculinities per se did not influence father involvement. Findings suggested program and policy initiatives designed to encourage co-parenting and healthy relationships with birth mothers might be more effective in bolstering involvement than educational or training programs.</p>
},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers},
  volume = {13},
  number = {1},
  pages = {60-79},
  url = {https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-25193-004},
}