Cheung, Monit2018-03-052018-03-05May 20152015-05May 2015http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2821This research study sought to understand the associations between father involvement and paternal self-efficacy, partner support, co-parenting alliance, and relationship satisfaction. Recognizing that fathering occurs in a complex system of relationships and influences, this research sought to examine the association between father involvement and other factors that measure fathering behaviors in a co-parenting relationship. The study is a cross sectional research design using a snowball sampling method for surveying fathers and mothers about their perceptions of fathering factors. Data from a sample of 191 electronic surveys were collected from February 2014 to June 2014. The survey consisted of five previously validated scales measuring variables of co-parenting alliance, father involvement, partner support for parenting, relationship satisfaction, and paternal self-efficacy. Findings indicate consistent parental role expectations for father involvement, report of actual involvement, and report of paternal self-efficacy. The discrepancy between paternal expectations and reported father involvement was related to paternal self-efficacy: Fathers who reported high levels of involvement were three times more likely to have high paternal self-efficacy than fathers with lower levels of involvement. Among all other relationship factors, paternal self-efficacy was the strongest factor related to father involvement. A father with strong paternal self-efficacy was 1.5 times more likely to be involved. Other factors influencing father involvement included co-parenting alliance and income earner status.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).FatheringInvolvementSelf-efficacy2018-03-05Thesisborn digital