The purpose of this study is to examine the psychological self-sufficiency (PSS) process among low-income men participating in the Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) program and explore the implications of TIP as a fatherhood intervention. Sample from 324 men participating in a community-based fatherhood initiative and four local job training programs in a large Midwestern city was used to examine the group differences in PSS as it relates to economic self-sufficiency (ESS). Men in the fatherhood TIP program and those in the general TIP program had significantly greater relationships between PSS and ESS than those in the non-TIP comparison group. Results provide implications for social work practice with African American fathers in programs that address fatherhood. While traditional fatherhood programs approach mending fathers’ deficiencies, TIP allowed them to discover strengths from being broken and beaten up to authentically invest in their own lives and their children’s.

这项研究的目的是检查参加“将不可能变成可能”（TIP）计划的低收入男性的心理自给自足（PSS）过程，并探讨TIP作为父亲干预的意义。在中西部一个大城市，从324名参加基于社区的父亲身份倡议计划的男子和四个本地职业培训计划中抽取的样本用于检验PSS的群体差异，因为这与经济自给自足（ESS）有关。与非TIP比较组相比，父亲TIP计划中的男性和普通TIP计划中的男性在PSS和ESS之间的关系显着更大。结果为解决父亲身份的计划中的非裔美国人父亲的社会工作实践提供了启示。