2012 Archive

Presentations and posters addressing specific topics related to family structure and well-being given by NCFMR staff, faculty affiliates, and students during symposia, conferences, workshops, and annual meetings.

National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), Fathers & Fathering in Contemporary Contexts 2012 Research Conference

• Geoffrey L. Brown, Clark University, and Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, Northwestern University
  • Paternal sensitivity, father-child attachment security, and fathers’ depressive symptoms
• Diana T. Cohen, Central Connecticut State University
  • Iron Dads: Complexities of Endurance Sports for Managing Work and Family Identities
• Reginald Covington, Cornell University; William Monson, Urban Institute; H. Elizabeth Peters, Urban Institute; Joseph P. Price, Brigham Young University; and Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University
  • The Consequences of Teen Fatherhood: A Cohort Comparison of the NLSY79 and NLSY97
• Carolyn Dayton, Tova Neugut, Wonjung Oh, and Brenda Volling, University of Michigan
  • Singing and Swaddling: Soothing Behaviors of Mothers and Fathers with their Young Infants
• Tracy DeHaan, Lauren Stewart, Elizabeth Miller, and Scott Coltrane, University of Oregon
  • Does the ‘Flexibility Stigma’ Apply to Men? Assessing the Long-Term Earnings of Fathers Who Take Time Off Work to Care for Family
• Otima Doyle, Duke University Medical Center
  • He’s my Baby too: Co-parenting among Non-resident and Resident African American Fathers
• W. Justin Dyer and Randal D. Day, Brigham Young University
  • What’s been missing: Why child age, gender, and reporter all matter in measuring father involvement
• Larry Gibbs, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University
  • Teenage Male Favorable Attitudes Toward Non-Marital Childbearing: A Focus on Family and Race/Ethnicity
• Dana K. Harmon, The University of West Alabama
  • Religiosity and Child Well-Being: The Impact of Relationship Status among African American Fathers
• Robin S. Högnäs and Marcia J. Carlson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • I Get By with a Little Help from My Family: Supportive Relationships and Father Involvement
• Barbara Holthus, Hiromi Tanaka, Hans Bertram, and Sophie Olbrich, German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo
  • Fathers and Wellbeing: Comparing Germany and Japan
• Maria Johnson, University of Michigan
  • African American Daughters’ Reports of Social Father Involvement
• Letitia E. Kotila and Claire M. Kamp Dush, Department of Human Development & Family Science, The Ohio State University
  • The Psychological Well-Being of Involved, Low-Income, Non-Resident Fathers
• Letitia E. Kotila, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, and Claire M. Kamp Dush, Department of Human Development & Family Science, The Ohio State University
  • Time in Parenting Activities for New Fathers vs. Mothers in Dual-Earner Families
• Lynda Laughlin, U.S. Census Bureau
  • Measuring Fathers’ Participation in Child Care - Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
• Tova Neugut, Carolyn Dayton, and Kate Rosenblum, University of Michigan
  • The courage to connect: Military fathers of young children reflect on parenting in the context of repeated deployments
• Krista K. Payne, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University
  • Becoming a Father before First Marriage: Variation over Time by Educational Attainment
• Raymond E. Petren, Chelsea L. Garneau, and Kay Pasley, Florida State University
  • Differences in Engagement Among Biological Fathers and Stepfathers: What’s Lost with a Composite Score
• Megan Reid and Andrew Golub, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
  • Cohabitation and co-parenting in urban Black families: Early findings from a mixed-methods study
• J. Bart Stykes, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University
  • Identifying Nonresident Fathers in Household Surveys
• Jamie Thomas, Fertility and Family Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
  • Latent Classes of Fathering Attitudes
• Richard Tolman, Tova Neugut, and Vijay Singh, University of Michigan
  •  Moving Up the Magic Moment: Engaging Expectant Fathers at Ultrasound
• Matthew Weinshenker, Fordham University
  • Father Involvement among Men in Couples with Non-Overlapping Employment Hours
    
    

American Sociological Association (ASA)

• Wendy D. Manning, NCFMR Co-Director, CFDR Director, and BGSU Sociology Professor
  • Family Utopias
    

Head Start (ACF), Research on Young Children and Families: Effective Practices in an Age of Diversity and Change

• Melissa A. Barnett, University of Arizona, External Grantee
  • Contextual instability and the influence of mothers’ parenting behaviors on the developmental outcomes of Mexican American toddlers
  • Mexican American mothers’ romantic relationship quality and toddlers’ social competence and behavior problems: The role of nurturing parenting and child gender
    

Population Association of America (PAA) Conference

• I-Fen Lin, BGSU Associate Professor and NCFMR Research Affiliate, and Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director
  2012 PAA Poster Session Winners!
  • Unmarried Boomers Confront Old Age: A National Portrait

• Larry Gibbs, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
  • Gender, Relationship Type and Contraceptive Use at First Intercourse
     
• Amanda Geller and Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University, NCFMR External Grantees
  • Paternal Incarceration and Father Involvement in Fragile Families
     
• Lauren Porter and Ryan D. King, University at Albany, NCFMR External Grantees
  • A New Look at Paternal Incarceration and Delinquency
     
•  Bart Stykes, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
  • Exploring Townsend’s ‘Package Deal’ among Disadvantaged Fathers: Integrating Mainstream Sociological and Critical Gender Theories of Masculinity on Fatherhood
     
• Michael Yee Shui, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
  • Understanding Sibling Relationships in Blended Families
     

Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)

• Rebekah L. Coley, Jennifer Carrano, & Heather J. Bachman, NCFMR External Grantees
  • Lifetime family structure patterns and adolescent psychosocial functioning. In R. L. Coley (Chair), Beyond family structure: The influence of parental relationship instability on adolescent well-being. Symposium paper presented at the biennial meeting.