Fatherhood and Child Development in Families with Low Income 

This research project examined the beneficial role of fathers and father-child relationships in young children's development, especially those from families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantages. Specifically, studies under this research area focused on studying underlying family processes, with a focus on father involvement, that support children's development and wellbeing, as well as qualitatively understanding the early fathering experiences of men with low income. Related studies and publications include: 

• Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Oh, S., Xu, A., Radney, A. & Rodriguez, C. (2024). Family Stress Processes Underlying COVID-19 Related Economic Insecurity and Children’s Internalizing Behavior Problems. Child and Family Social Work (*1.700) https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13188​
• Yoon, S., Lee, J. Y., Yang, J., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Kim, M. & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2024). Coparenting profiles and children’s socioemotional outcomes in unmarried parents with low-income. Journal of Marriage and Family (*4.917). http://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12952
  
• ​​Presley, S., Lee, J. Y., Kaiser, M., & Su, Y. (2024). Innovative nutrition policies and programs to reduce low-income children’s sodium intake in the United States: Implication for social work. Social Work in Public Health, 40(3), 75-88. (*2.313) https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2024.2444919
• Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Chang, O. D., Albuja, A. F., Lin, M., & Volling, B. L. (2024). Low-income fathers are emotionally resilient: A qualitative exploration of paternal emotions across early parenting. Infant Mental Health Journal (*2.100), 45(6), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22136
• Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Ward, K. P., Pace, G. T., & Chang, O. D. (2023). Shared parental responsiveness amongst fathers and mothers with low income and early child outcomes. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12913
• Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Lin, M., Albuja, A. F., & Volling, B. (under review) Challenges and joys of becoming a first time parent amongst urban community fathers.
• Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Volling, B. L., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. C. (2022). Examining mechanisms linking economic insecurity to interparental conflict among unmarried couples. Family Relations, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12698 
• Lee, J. Y., Volling, B. L., & Lee, S. J. (2021). Material hardship in families with low income: Positive effects of coparenting on fathers' and mothers' parenting and children's prosocial behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 729654. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.729654 
• Yoon, S., Kim, J., Yang, J., Lee, J. Y., Langaigne, A., Wang, J., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2021). Patterns of father involvement and child development among low-income families. Children (Special Issue on Family Risk and Protective Factors and Child Development), 8, 1164. https://doi.org/10.3390/ children8121164 
• Lee, S. J., Pace, G. T., Lee, J. Y., & Altschul, I. (2020). Parental relationship status as a moderator of the associations between mothers’ and fathers’ conflict behaviors and early child behavior problems. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0886260520948514 
• ​Lee, J. Y., Volling, B. L., & Lee, S. J. (2020). Testing the father-child activation relationship theory: A replication study with low-income unmarried parents. Psychology of Men & Masculinities (Special Issue on Fathering: New Perspectives, Paradigms, and Possibilities), 22(3), 551–563 doi: 10.1037/men0000301 
• Lee, J. Y., Pace, G.T., Lee, S. J., & Altschul, I. (2019). The associations of constructive and destructive interparental conflict to child well-being among low-income families. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(15-16), 7523-7546. doi: 10.1177/0886260519835872 
• ​Lee, J. Y., Volling, B. L., Lee, S. J., & Altschul, I. (2019). Longitudinal relations between coparenting and father engagement in low-income residential and nonresidential father families. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(2), 226-236. doi: 10.1037/fam0000612 
• Lee, S. J., Pace, G. T., Lee, J. Y., & Knauer, H. (2018). The association of paternal warmth and parenting stress to child behavior problems. Children and Youth Services Review, 91, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.05.020 
• Lee, S. J., Sanchez, D. T., Grogan-Kaylor, A. C., Lee, J. Y., & Albuja, A. (2018). Father early engagement behaviors and infant low birth weight. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 22(10), 1407-1417. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2521-2