title: Incarcerated fathers and parenting: importance of the relationship with their children.
abstract: This study examined the relationships of incarcerated fathers (n = 185) with their children while in a maximum security prison. Despite the attention to parental incarceration and at-risk children, the child welfare and corrections literature has focused mostly on imprisoned mothers and children. Demographic, sentence, child-related, and program participation factors were investigated for their influence on father-child relationships. Multiple regression analyses indicated race and sentence contributed to the father's positive perceptions of contacts with their children. Most important, many, though serving lengthy sentences, valued and perceived a positive father-child relationship. Results are discussed in light of implications for future research and social policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Police Science, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chang-Bae
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Kimberly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tatum
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011594:Psychometrics; D012306:Risk; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult