Japanese American Father Involvement: An Exploratory Model

The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing Japanese-American father involvement with their children based upon a model put forth by Doherty, Kouneski, & Erickson [1]. Japanese-American males were recruited from the Honolulu area and surrounding neighborhoods in Hawaii. Sixty-eight fathers met the criterion for inclusion in the study. Statistically significant relationships were found between father involvement and (a) non-family extended support, (b) father role salience, and (c) the ethnicity of the father’s partner. Implications of these findings for practice and future research are discussed.