ArticleSocial forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation2020
Are Parental Relationships Improved if Fathers Take Time Off of Work After the Birth of a Child?
Article in Social forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Prenatal coparenting and attachment style in Japanese pregnant women: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Paid Family Leave: An Upstream Intervention to Prevent Family Violence.Journal of family violence · 2023Review
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- The mediating effect of parenting stress and couple relationship quality on the association between material hardship trajectories and maternal mental health status.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- What happens to the couple relationship when sharing parental leave? A prospective, longitudinal study.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2021Article
- Fathers' Time Off Work After the Birth of a Child and Relationship Dissolution among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged U.S. Families.Sociological focus · 2021Article
- Which representations of their gender group affect men's orientation towards care? the case of parental leave-taking intentions.PloS one · 2021Article
- If I [Take] Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Relationship Stability.Journal of social policy · 2020Article
- Fathers' Paternity Leave-Taking and Children's Perceptions of Father-Child Relationships in the United States.Sex roles · 2020Article
- Contributions of Parenting Quality and Coparenting Relationship Quality to the Development of Child Executive Functioning.Early childhood research quarterlyArticle
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Abstract
Research has begun to examine the consequences of paternity leave, focusing primarily on whether paternity leave-taking increases father involvement. Yet, other consequences of paternity leave-taking have not been considered using U.S data. This study uses longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine whether fathers' time off from work after the birth of a child is associated with relationship quality, relationship support, and coparenting quality. We also consider whether these relationships are mediated by father involvement. Results suggest that fathers' time off of work after a birth and length of time off are each positively associated with relationship quality and coparenting quality one year after a child's birth. They are also positively associated with trajectories of relationship quality and coparenting quality over the first five years after birth. Father involvement at least partially mediates these relationships. Overall, this study suggests that the potential benefits of fathers' time off of work after the birth of a child may extend beyond father involvement and may improve parental relationships.
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