Frequency of contact with nonresident fathers and adolescent well-being: A longitudinal analysis

This study examines the reciprocal relations between nonresident father visitation and the adjustment of adolescents and young adults. Youngsters’ adjustment and maladjustment is measured both by internalizing problems: stress and depressive feelings, suicidal thoughts and bad mental health, and by externalizing problems: delinquency, risk taking behavior and unemploymen…