Jaipaul Roopnarine (HDFS) PI, Dickson M. M. Ong’ayi (Doctoral Student) co-PI
Extramural Sponsored Project – Society for Research in Child Development – 2020 Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant, 9/1/20-8/31/21
Using propositions within developmental psychopathology and parenting theories and frameworks, this study examines the associations between paternal risk factors (intimate partner violence, paternal depression, destructive conflict resolution behavior, and harsh parenting) and childhood outcomes (literacy and numeracy skills and internalizing and externalizing behaviors) and the mediating role of protective factors (social support, ethnic socialization, and constructive conflict resolution behavior) on these associations in Kenyan families. Participants are 350 fathers, their wives/partners and preschool-aged children, and their children’s teachers. Researchers hope that findings will inform the development of parenting policies and intervention programs that target risk and protective factors and paternal parenting and childhood development in low- and middle-income countries.