This study of Head Start fathers and father figures examined the relationship between men's daily hassles and their involvement with children. Fathers completed a shortened version of a daily hassles scale and a father involvement measure on two weekdays and one weekend day. The father involvement instrument used a modified time-diary strategy to assess amount of involvement with all children in the family. The findings indicated a significant but negative relationship between daily hassles and amount of accessibility and play interaction with children after statistically controlling for child- and father-related variables.
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