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Fathering through Change: Online Parent Training for Divorced Fathers

Description: Divorced fathers and their children are at elevated risk for health and behavioral problems associated with divorce. Evidence based programs for fathers are lacking. The aim of this proposal is to develop a parenting intervention for fathers who have been divorced within the last two years that would teach parenting skills, problem solving and communication skills, emotion regulation, and conflict reduction strategies. Programs to reduce stress and promote quality involvement with children and former spouses are important because involvement is associated with better-adjusted children, better-adjusted mothers, and reduced co-parental conflict over time. Societal benefits include higher rates of compliance with child support obligations and lower rates of litigation and re-litigation.

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Funding type: research

Funder scheme: R43

Start date: 2013-03-01

End date: 2014-08-31

Investigator: NELL CARAWAY

Institution: IRIS MEDIA, INC.

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Funded outputs count: 3