NCOFF Publications
NCOFF publishes a wide range of scholarly documents, including briefs, literature reviews, working papers, research studies, and other special series documents. It also maintains a large, literature database. Most of our publications are available to be downloaded from the web.
Recent Publications
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| Social Fatherhood: Conceptualizations, Compelling Research, and Future Directions | Social Fatherhood: Conceptualizations, Compelling Research, and Future Directions |
| Reinventing Fatherhood: Toward Historical Understanding of Continuity and Change in Men's Family Lives | Reinventing Fatherhood: Toward Historical Understanding of Continuity and Change in Men's Family Lives |
| Predictors of Father and Father Figure Involvement in Pre-Kindergarten Head Start | Predictors of Father and Father Figure Involvement in Pre-Kindergarten Head Start |
| Fathers, Families, and Child Well-Being in Cameroon: A Review of the Literature. | Fathers, Families, and Child Well-Being in Cameroon: A Review of the Literature. |
| Intergenerational Learning: A Review of the Literature | by Vivian L. Gadsden and Marcia Hall Research on intergenerational learning within families includes a range of studies that focus on the transmission of beliefs and practices and the modeling of behaviors from generation to generation. That is, it seeks to understand better the impact of families... |
| Role Transitions: A Review of the Literature | by Will J. Jordan This paper is a review of the social and behavioral science research literature on the transition to the role of fatherhood. Adult and adolescent males undergo this transition within the context of dyadic relationships (either married, or unmarried couples; with resident or non-... |
| Co-Parenting: A Review of the Literature | by Terry Arendell Co-parenting encompasses several meanings. In some cases, it is synonymous with shared parenting. Other times it basically refers to father presence in the lives of children and their mothers, no matter how limited the parental involvement. Mothers still carry the lion's share of... |
| Barriers In Child Support Policy: A Review of the Literature | by Elaine Sorensen and Mark Turner INTRODUCTION Child support policy has changed dramatically during the past 20 years. Prior to 1975, child support enforcement was governed primarily by each state's family law and enforced by the court and local authorities. Relatively little federal or... |
| Joblessness and Unemployment: A Review of the Literature | by Patrick Mason This literature review attempts to gather evidence on the relationship between African American male economic potential in the formal sector of the economy and transitions in African American family structure and marital stability. By economic potential in the formal sector, we... |
| Father Presence Matters: A Review of the Literature | Toward an Ecological Framework of Fathering and Child Outcomes by Deborah J. Johnson This review explores father presence from various vantage points, incorporating literatures on father absence, single parenting, marital disruption/discord, divorce, and father care. In an ecological framework... |
