The benefits of high-quality father–child relationships for fathers and children alike are well documented. While … evidence suggests parenting programs can improve the quality of father–child relationships, few fathers participate in such … fathers, a group of fathers with unique parenting challenges, to parenting programs. Focus groups were conducted with 29 …

fathers in child protection families. To address these gaps in the literature this exploratory mixed method study of 35 men … associated with a parenting program in Australia investigated fathers' childhood experiences, exposure to IPV and concern for … their children's safety. Although this study was conducted with a specific group of fathers screened for serious personal …

This literature review draws from a wide array of interdisciplinary research to argue that fathers need to be included … highlight that fathers are often overlooked and viewed more negatively than mothers in child welfare practice. There are … noteworthy theoretical and practical reasons for this poor engagement of fathers in practice. However, advances in attachment …

fathers in these families. The scant extant research indicates that child welfare workers in many countries tend to have … present study sought to add to the knowledge about fathers in child protection families, and to investigate whether or not … there was support for these negative stereotypes within this sample. Study participants were 35 fathers associated with a …

The research testing bidirectional relationships between non-resident fathers' involvement and children's behavior … usually models outcomes in school age children. It also tends to include both families in which fathers have never lived with … their children and families in which fathers have resided with their children at least some of the time. In this study we …

The study, based on in-depth interviews with 15 fathers in Israel, reports on fathers' emotional reactions to the court …-ordered removal of their children from home. The findings show that all the fathers experienced the removal as a traumatic event … happen. With this, most of the fathers acclimated to the removal and even reported an expansion of their parental identity …

Despite an increased focus on fathers' importance for children's development and the Nordic countries' focus on gender … equality, a number of studies claim that the Child Welfare Service (CWS) fails to involve fathers. However, few studies have … taken the perspective of CWS workers. The aim of the article is to identify central discourses on fathers among CWS workers …