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Overview

Jay Fagan is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research spans across social sciences and psychology, with a focus on intersecting subfields such as sociology and political science, demography, clinical psychology, education, and social psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Family Support in Illness

Jay Fagan has authored multiple research papers, notable among them are:

  • "Associations between low-income nonresident fathers' parenting identity and involvement with children." (2020), published in Psychology of Men & Masculinity
  • "Longitudinal Associations Among Low-Income Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting and Relationships with Children and Adolescent Depression" (2022), published in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • "The Myth of Low-Income Black Fathers' Absence From the Lives of Adolescents" (2023), published in Journal of Family Issues
  • "The Evolution of Fathering Research in the 21st Century: Persistent Challenges, New Directions" (2020), published in Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • "Cognitive Stimulation at Home and in Child Care and Children's Preacademic Skills in Two-Parent Families" (2020), published in Child Development

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Jay Fagan include:

  • Natasha Cabrera
  • Rachel Wildfeuer
  • Jessica Pearson
  • Aquiles Iglesias
  • Julia M. Kobulsky

Publications by Jay Fagan appear regularly in specific venues, reflecting the thematic emphasis of the research:

  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Journal of Family Issues
  • Adversity and Resilience Science
  • Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family

Their academic contributions include 44 publications classified under social sciences and 17 publications categorized in psychology. The inclusion of topics such as family caregiving, child development, and relationship dynamics indicates a research trajectory focused on family structure and psychosocial development across generations.

Best Publications

  • The Relationship between Maternal Gatekeeping, Paternal Competence, Mothers' Attitudes about the Father Role, and Father Involvement:

    Jay Fagan;Marina Barnett

  • Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their head start children: a quasi-experimental study

    Jay Fagan;Aquiles Iglesias

  • The evolution of fathering research in the 21st century: Persistent challenges, new directions.

    Sarah J. Schoppe‐Sullivan;Jay Fagan

  • Influence of Mother, Father, and Child Risk on Parenting and Children’s Cognitive and Social Behaviors

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jay Fagan;Vanessa Wight;Cornelia Schadler

  • Should Researchers Conceptualize Differently the Dimensions of Parenting for Fathers and Mothers

    Jay Fagan;Randal Day;Michael E. Lamb;Natasha J. Cabrera

  • Explaining the Long Reach of Fathers’ Prenatal Involvement on Later Paternal Engagement

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jay Fagan;Danielle Farrie

  • Adolescent Fathers' Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Involvement with Infants

    Jay Fagan;Elisa Bernd;Valerie Whiteman

  • Coparenting and Relationship Quality Effects on Father Engagement: Variations by Residence, Romance

    Jay Fagan;Rob Palkovitz

  • Unmarried, nonresident fathers' involvement with their infants: a risk and resilience perspective.

    Jay Fagan;Rob Palkovitz

  • Coparenting and children's school readiness: a mediational model.

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Mindy Scott;Jay Fagan;Nicole Steward-Streng

  • Randomized Study of a Prebirth Coparenting Intervention With Adolescent and Young Fathers

    Jay Fagan

  • An Experimental Study of an Empowerment-Based Intervention for African American Head Start Fathers

    Jay Fagan;Howard C. Stevenson

  • Advancing Research and Measurement on Fathering and Child Development.

    Brenda L. Volling;Natasha J. Cabrera;Mark E. Feinberg;Damon E. Jones

  • Father involvement in early childhood programs: review of the literature

    Glen Palm;Jay Fagan

  • Pathways to paternal engagement: longitudinal effects of risk and resilience on nonresident fathers.

    Jay Fagan;Rob Palkovitz;Kevin Roy;Danielle Farrie

  • African American and Puerto Rican American Parenting Styles, Paternal Involvement, and Head Start Children's Social Competence.

    Jay Fagan

  • Fathers and Early Childhood Programs

    Jay Fagan;Glen Palm

  • Correlates of Low-Income African American and Puerto Rican Fathers' Involvement with Their Children:

    Jay Fagan

  • Perceptions and Satisfaction with Father Involvement and Adolescent Mothers’ Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

    Jay Fagan;Yookyong Lee

  • Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: mother, father, and teacher assessments of urban head start children’s social competencies

    Jay Fagan;John W Fantuzzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Natasha J. Cabrera
Natasha J. Cabrera University of Maryland, College Park
Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan
Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan The Ohio State University
Alan J. Hawkins
Alan J. Hawkins Brigham Young University
Brenda L. Volling
Brenda L. Volling University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Claire M. Kamp Dush
Claire M. Kamp Dush The Ohio State University
Randal D. Day
Randal D. Day Brigham Young University
Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ross D. Parke
Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside
John W. Fantuzzo
John W. Fantuzzo University of Pennsylvania
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University

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