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Chapter 1 Introduction: A Perspective on Research Concerning Fatherhood, Frank A. Pedersen; Chapter 2 Predicting Strain in Mothers and Fathers of 6-Month-Old Infants, S. Shirley Feldman; Chapter 3 Mothering, Fathering, and Marital Interaction in the Family Triad During Infancy, Jay Belsky, Brenda L. Volling; Chapter 4 Father-Infant Interaction Among Men Who Had Contrasting Affective Responses During Early Infancy, Frank A. Pedersen, Martha J. Zaslow, Richard L. Cain, Joan T. D. Suwalsky, Beth Rabinovich; Chapter 5 Separate and Together, Frances Kaplan Grossman; Chapter 6 Interrelationships Within the Mother-Father-Infant Triad, Jane R. Dickie; Chapter 7 Men's Involvement in Parenthood, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan; Chapter 8 1Portions of this chapter have appeared previously as The Father's Role with Preterm and Fullterm Infants by ., Michael W. YogmanM.D; Chapter 9 Fathers and Their At-Risk Infants, Ross D. Parke, Edward R. Anderson; Chapter 10 Research on Men's Transitions to Parenthood, Phyllis W. Berman, Frank A. Pedersen;