Conceptualizing and measuring father involvement

de Randal D. Day, Michael E. Lamb

This volume is the result of an invited conference of scholars studying father involvement who were asked to reflect on the conceptualization and measurement of father involvement within the academic and policymaking communities. The central motivation for organizing the workshop and the resulting volume was a belief that family scholars and policymakers could enhance their insight and impact, respectively, if they achieved greater conceptual clarity and developed more refined measures of men's roles in family life.