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PS029612
Author(s): Fagan, Jay
Author Affiliation: Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. National Center on Fathers and Families.(BBB36678)
Pages: 29
Publication Date: December 1999
Sponsoring Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. (BBB32721)@Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. (BBB19384)
Contract No: 90-YD-002
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Availability: National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, 3700 Walnut Street, Box 58, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216. Tel: 215-573-5500; Fax: 215-573-5508; e-mail: mailbox@ncoff.gse.upenn.edu. For full text: http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Pennsylvania
Journal Announcement: RIEDEC2001
This study
used an ecological framework to examine predictors of paternal involvement
in urban Head Start programs among 134 fathers and father figures
with preschool-age children. Paternal involvement measures included
teacher and father perceptions of participation, as well as amount
of time as obtained from daily record sheets. The findings of the
study indicated that characteristics of the child, father, family,
and Head Start program predicted paternal involvement in Head Start.
Fathers were more involved with their sons and with Head Start sites
that provided programmatic support for male involvement. Involvement
was also positively related to paternal nurturance and mother involvement
in Head Start. The results also suggested that teachers were better
judges than fathers of the amount of involvement in Head Start.
Findings pose implications for Head Start programs. (Contains 59
references.) (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis; Daughters; *Fathers; Intervention;
Mothers; Parent Attitudes; *Parent Child Relationship; *Parent Participation;
*Predictor Variables; *Preschool Children; Preschool Education;
Sons
Identifiers: Ecological Perspective; *Project Head Start
