@article{ref1,
title="Father Involvement and Adolescent Adjustment: Longitudinal Findings from Add Health",
journal="Fathering",
year="2006",
author="Cookston, JT and Finlay, AK",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="137-158",
abstract="Based on 2 waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, evidence from 2,387 adolescents tested the hypothesis that mothers and fathers in two-parent families make unique, additive contributions to the delinquency, depressive symptoms, and alcohol use behaviors of their children. Cross-sectional and longitudinal structural equation models were used to explain variance in problematic outcomes. The cross-sectional and longitudinal results before controlling for baseline scores supported the conclusion that mother and father involvement explained unique variance in children�s adjustment. For delinquency and alcohol behaviors, the associations were attenuated considerably when Wave 1 behaviors were held constant. For depressive symptoms, only father involvement was a practically significant predictor. Results are discussed in light of methodological considerations pertaining to investigations of parent involvement during adolescence.",
language="",
issn="1537-6680",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}