A framework for studying minority youths' transitions to fatherhood: the case of Puerto Rican adolescents.
A theoretical framework is proposed for studying minority young men's involvement with their babies that combines the integrative model of minority youth development and a life course developmental perspective with Lamb's revised four-factor model of father involvement. This framework posits a relationship between demographic and family background variables (such as education, employment, income, and family of origin) and fatherhood outcomes moderated by personal characteristics (such as sex-role ideology, acculturation, risk taking, and alienation) and mediated by definitions of fatherhood, life priorities normative for the culture under study, and sexual behavior. Once there is an acknowledged infant, a father's involvement is influenced by child characteristics, perceived fathering competence, social support, and quality of the relationship with the mother.
Erkut
Sumru
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Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481, USA. serkut@wellesley.edu
Szalacha
Laura A
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García Coll
Cynthia
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D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000208:ethnology*; D011287:Prejudice; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012922:Social Change; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors