title: Nonresident fathers' parenting, family processes, and children's development in urban, poor, single-mother families.
abstract: With dramatic growth in nonrmarital births, an increasing number of children are growing up in single-mother families. This study examines the relationships among nonresident fathers' parenting and children's behavioral and cognitive development in low-income, single-mother families. It also considers the personal characteristics of the children's single mothers as well as family processes and economic circumstances. Analyses use the first three waves of longitudinal data from a subsample of single and noncohabiting mothers in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Results suggest that nonresident fathers' parenting is indirectly associated with children's behavior problems and cognitive development. The findings further suggest that those estimated associations are transmitted through mothers' parenting. The study also discusses the policy and practice implications of its findings.
authors.affiliation: Winona State University.
authors.forename: Jeong-Kyun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class / Q000266:history; D012940:Social Problems / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors / Q000266:history; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000266:history