title: Patterns of Father Self Evaluations among Mexican and European American Men and Links to Adolescent Adjustment.
abstract: A mixed-method study identified profiles of fathers who mentioned key dimensions of their parenting and linked profile membership to adolescents' adjustment using data from 337 European American, Mexican American and Mexican immigrant fathers and their early adolescent children. Father narratives about what fathers do well as parents were thematically coded for the presence of five fathering dimensions: emotional quality (how well father and child get along), involvement (amount of time spent together), provisioning (the amount of resources provided), discipline (the amount and success in parental control), and role modeling (teaching life lessons through example). Next, latent class analysis was used to identify three patterns of the likelihood of mentioning certain fathering dimensions: anemotionally-involvedgroup mentioned emotional quality and involvement; anaffective-controlgroup mentioned emotional quality, involvement, discipline and role modeling; and anaffective-modelgroup mentioned emotional quality and role modeling. Profiles were significantly associated with subsequent adolescents' reports of adjustment such that adolescents of affective-control fathers reported significantly more externalizing behaviors than adolescents of emotionally-involved fathers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104.
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Perez-Brena
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4168.
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cookston
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, PO Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104.
authors.forename: William V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Fabricius
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, PO Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saenz
keywords: Mexican families; adolescent adjustment; fathering; mixed-methods