Fathers
Reasons to Join 
Benefits to Society
- Advances research and theory on the role of fathers, peers, and neigborhoods in relation to youth development.
- Provides research-based implications for teachers, counselors, school administrators, family practitioners, and policy makers.
Benefits to University Students
- Opportunity to join collaborative, cross-disciplinary faculty-student research team
- Empirical data-based research adds immensely to your resume/vita
- Full access to the data for thesis and dissertations
- Opportunity to co-author presentations and publications
Undergraduate and graduate students from any major can join the project.
Students who join the project are expected to contribute
to the project.
Benefits to Participating Schools
- Research monographs
- Teacher in-services
- Grant support
Benefits to Other Researchers
- Opportunity to be part of a multi-university, multi-disciplinary research team
- Great potential to compare father-adolescent relationships from different contexts
- Full access to the data
- Opportunity to co-author presentations and publications
