Table 2.
Reviewes and meta-analysies included in the study.
| Study and year | Study design | Objects | Variables | Focus | Key findings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determinant | Outcomes | |||||
| Saracho (2007a) | Review | Hispanic father involvement in children's literacy development |
Ethnicity minority | Literacy skills | FI and children's outcomes | Hispanic father support their children's literacy skills by (a) reading books (b) books discussion (c) recording book already read and (d) stimulating children to enhance their reading |
| Jeynes (2015) | Meta-anlysis | Relationship between father involvement and children's educational outcomes |
Mix ethnicity Biological fathers Ages 3–20 |
Academic skills Psychological Welfare Positive behaviors Other healthy results |
FI and children's outcomes | Relationship between father involvement and child educational outecomes is significant statistically both for white and minority children |
| Downer et al. (2008) | Meta-analysis | Father involvement and children's early learning |
Mixed Ethnicity Mixed SES Mixed biological status Mixed residential status Ages 0–6 |
Academic and socio-emotional competence |
FI and children's outcomes | The consistent of the association between father involvement and children's academic achievement is manteined across etnicity and SES |
| McWayne et al. (2013) | Meta-analysis | Father involvement and children's early learning |
Mixed ethnicity Mixed SES Mixed biological status Mixed residential status Ages 3–8 |
Social and cognitive domains |
FI and children's outcomes | Father involvement showed a consistent association with early childhood competencies, differing based on father's characteristic |
| Saracho (2007b) | Review | The role of father in supporting their children's literacy learning | Literacy skills | FI and children's outcomes | Fathers' contribution improve their children's literacy and academic skills | |
| Kim and Hill (2015) | Meta-anlysis | The association between parental involvement and children's acedemic achievement | Mixed Ethnicity Mixed SES Mixed Residential status Ages 5–18 |
FI and children's outcomes | Parental involvement and student achievemente are positively, althought mothers' involvement is higher than fathers' | |
| Lipscomb (2011) | Review | The effects of FI on their children's educational achievement and programs to increase it | FI and children's outcomes and intervention |
There are several programs, particularly aimed to specific population or more general, that can increase father involvement in children education | ||