Abstract: The fathering pattern is becoming an important part of the parenting pattern. This thesis summed up the development of fathering pattern of many main researches on the nurturing instincts of father, father involvement, father’ influence on the sex role development of children and children’s self-identify and so on. The thesis also summed up the features of the researches and put forward the disadvantages and the trend of the research in this field.

Key words: fathering pattern, father involvement, sex role.