Identity and Involvement Among Resident and Nonresident Fathers

The literature on father involvement suggests that the value men ascribe to being a father is important for understanding their involvement with their children, yet this theory has received only limited empirical attention. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( N = 3,197), I examined the association between the psychological centrality of men’s father identity at the time their child was born and their trajectories of...