Adolescent Fatherhood / Edition 1

by Arthur B. Elster, Michael E. Lamb

Overview

First published in 1986. This study seeks to answer some of the psychosocial questions around adolescent fathers that has heightened interest by the increasing concern that has surfaced around the financial burdens imposed on society in the need to support single mothers and their infants. This research looks at the fathers of infants born to adolescent mothers as they seen as an essential component of an important and expensive social problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898595406
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/1986
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Arthur B. Elster, Michael E. Lamb

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Boys as Fathers: Coping with the Dilemmas of Adolescence, Raymond Montemayor; Chapter 2 Sex-Role Learning and Adolescent Fatherhood, Douglas M. Teti, Michael E. Lamb; Chapter 3 Risking Paternity: Sex and Contraception among Adolescent Males, Freya L. Sonenstein; Chapter 4 Stresses and Coping Strategies of Adolescent Fathers, Arthur B. Elster, Leo Hendricks; Chapter 5 Teenage Fatherhood: High School Completion and Educational Attainment, Marsiglio William; Chapter 6 Parental Behavior of Adolescent Mothers and Fathers, Michael E. Lamb, Arthur B. Elster; Chapter 7 Adolescent Fatherhood in the Context of the Transition to Parenthood, Jay Belsky, Brent C. Miller; Chapter 8 The Adolescent Father and Child Maltreatment, G. Bolton FrankJr., Belsky Jay; Chapter 9 Clinical Issues in Adolescent Fatherhood, James S. Kahn, Frank G. BoltonJr.; Chapter 10 The Teen Father Collaboration: A Demonstration and Research Model, Debra G. Klinman, Joëlle H. Sander, Jacqueline L. Rosen, Karen R. Longo; Chapter 11 Young Fathers and Their Children: Some Historical and Policy Perspectives, Maris A. Vinovskis; epilogue Epilogue: Research Priorities, Arthur B. Elster, Michael E. Lamb;