Latent profiles of nonresidential father engagement six years after divorce predict long-term offspring outcomes.

ABSTRACT: This study examined profiles of nonresidential father engagement (i.e., support to the adolescent, contact frequency, remarriage, relocation, and interparental conflict) with their adolescent children (N = 156) 6 to 8 years following divorce and the prospective relation between these profiles and the psychosocial functioning of their offspring, 9 years later. Parental divorce occurred during late childhood to early adolescence; indicators of nonresidential father engagement were assessed during adolescence, and mental health problems and academic achievement of offspring were assessed 9 years later in young adulthood. Three profiles of father engagement were identified in our sample of mainly White, non-Hispanic divorced fathers: Moderate Involvement/Low Conflict, Low Involvement/Moderate

SUBMITTER: Modecki KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117834 | biostudies-literature | 2015 January-February

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature