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Bai L, Chimed-Ochir U, Teti DM. Coparenting as a family-level construct: Parent and child inputs across the first two years. FAMILY PROCESS 2024. [PMID: 38533685 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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This study examined the effects of infant negative affectivity (NA) and maternal and paternal depressive symptoms on fathers' and mothers' perceptions of coparenting across the first 2 years following an infant's birth. A total of 147 two-parent families (most couples were White, married, and living together) with healthy, full-term infants were recruited. At each time point, fathers and mothers separately reported their coparenting perceptions via the Coparenting Relationship Scale and their depressive symptoms using the depression subscale of Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Mothers also reported their children's NA via the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised at 3 to 12 months and the Early Child Behavior Questionnaire at 18 and 24 months. Findings from growth curve models in an actor-partner interdependence model framework suggested that among parents with higher depression, there were steeper declines in coparenting quality reported by parents and their spouses across 3-24 months. In addition, three separate two-way interactions between variables including higher-than-usual parental and spousal depression, as well as higher-than-usual infant NA predicted poorer-than-usual coparenting experiences. Findings indicate that coparenting is a dynamically unfolding construct that is impacted by ongoing changes in the parents' social-ecological niche and suggest the need to consider both parent and child characteristics, and to include spousal influences, to get a comprehensive, whole-family understanding of levels and changes in coparenting relationships. The findings also confirm that coparenting dynamics may benefit from interventions engaging both couples and addressing multiple risk factors from both parents (e.g., depression) and children (e.g., NA).
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- Liu Bai
- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Lab of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chatoor I, Begtrup R, Cheng IY, Vismara L, Webb LE, Lucarelli L. Failure to thrive in toddlers with lack of interest in eating and food and their cognitive development during later childhood. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1179797. [PMID: 37705600 PMCID: PMC10495572 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1179797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Background Experiencing Failure to Thrive or malnutrition in early years has been associated with children later displaying low Intelligence Quotient (IQ). The current study's aim was to examine whether Failure to Thrive in Toddlers with Lack of Interest in Eating and Food, a subtype of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder as defined by DSM-5, which has also previously been identified as Infantile Anorexia (IA), was associated with poor cognitive development outcomes during later childhood. Methods The IQs and growth parameter of 30 children (53% female) previously diagnosed and treated for IA at 12 to 42 months of age, were reevaluated at a mean age of 10.0 years (SD = 2.1 years) and compared to 30 matched control children. Children's growth was assessed using Z-scores and their cognitive development was measured using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th Edition. Results None of the growth parameters were significantly related to IQ. Further, IQ scores of children previously diagnosed with IA and control children were not significantly different. However, the education level of children's fathers had a significantly positive effect on IQ. Conclusions Our study highlights the disjunction between growth parameters and IQ within our sample. Overall, our findings suggest that the primary target of intervention for these children should be the parent-child conflict around the feeding relationship, rather than a focus on the child's weight itself. Finally, our results confirm the relevance to include fathers in the intervention of these children.
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- Irene Chatoor
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
- Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, United States
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Diniz E, Monteiro L, Veríssimo M. Work Gains and Strains on Father Involvement: The Mediating Role of Parenting Styles. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1357. [PMID: 37628356 PMCID: PMC10453320 DOI: 10.3390/children10081357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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The balance between work and family demands is one of the main challenges of contemporary parenting. However, most of the research has focused on mothers' perspectives, with fathers' perspectives about the links between work-family activities and father involvement, as well as the role of indirect effects, such as parenting styles, being less explored. This study aims to bridge these gaps by exploring whether work strains or gains are related to father involvement in childcare and the mediating role of parental styles, focusing on fathers' reports. Working, married fathers of preschoolers (n = 411) self-reported about work strains and gains, parental styles, and father involvement. Structural equation modeling, using maximum-likelihood estimation, provided good fit indices. Results of the bootstrap analysis revealed how fathers' gains indirectly increased involvement both in direct and indirect care through positive parental styles. Otherwise, fathers' strains at work had a negative indirect effect on direct care through negative parental styles. Findings contribute to work-family interface by showing how parental styles account for mediating environmental challenges on father involvement.
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- Eva Diniz
- William James Center for Research, ISPA—Instituto Universitário, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- William James Center for Research, ISPA—Instituto Universitário, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal;
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Waters GM, Tidswell GR, Bryant EJ. Mothers' and fathers' views on the importance of play for their children's development: Gender differences, academic activities, and the parental role. BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 92:1571-1581. [PMID: 35615812 PMCID: PMC9790630 DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Play is a main driver of children's cognitive and social development and is crucial for educational success (Paediatrics, 119, 2007 and 182). In recent years, however, parents and schools are under pressure to prioritize academic targets over play. AIMS The current research investigated parents' views about three aspects of their children's play and academic activities. SAMPLE Predominantly highly educated UK parents (109 mothers and 49 fathers) were recruited via social media. METHOD Participants were asked to complete an amended online version of the Preschool Play and Learning Questionnaire (International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 2004 and 97). The questionnaire consisted of 25 items covering three themes: the importance of play for children's development, the importance of academic activities, and the importance of parents' role in their children's development. The independent variables were the gender of the parent, the gender of their child, and the age group of their child (4-7 years, or 8-11 years). RESULTS Parents rated play higher than academic activities or their own roles, but the difference was not noteworthy. However, fathers rated academic activities and the parents' role significantly higher than mothers did. In addition, parents of girls rated academic activities and their own role significantly higher than parents of boys. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the current research highlight gender divisions between parents and towards boys and girls regarding the importance of education. Gender roles appear to influence the way parents think about the academic activities their children partake in.
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The Role of Child’s Age, Sex, and Temperament in Father Involvement during the Pre-School Years. CHILDREN 2022; 9:children9091327. [PMID: 36138636 PMCID: PMC9498118 DOI: 10.3390/children9091327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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(1) Background: The aim of the study was to explore how child’s characteristics (age, sex, and temperament) were associated with father’s involvement in child-related activities. In a sample of 410 bi-parental families with pre-school age children. (2) Methods: Dividing the sample into two age groups, OLS regression models were conducted for each dimension of father involvement with child characteristics as predicting variables. (3) Results: for the younger children (3 and 4 years) fathers were more involved in teaching/discipline and played with their more extroverted daughters. With older children (5 and 6 years), fathers were more involved in teaching/discipline and played when children were higher on negative-affectivity. An interaction was found with boys’ higher negative-affectivity, predicting fathers’ higher involvement in teaching and discipline. (4) Conclusions: Our results suggest that children’s characteristics have an impact on what fathers do, particularly in a dimension salient to pre-school years such as teaching/discipline. This can help build tailored empirical-sustained programs aiming to encourage and support fathers’ positive involvement.
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Chen JJ, Rivera-Vernazza DE. Communicating Digitally: Building Preschool Teacher-Parent Partnerships Via Digital Technologies During COVID-19. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION JOURNAL 2022; 51:1-15. [PMID: 35789788 PMCID: PMC9244098 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-022-01366-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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During COVID-19, many schools in the United States restrict parent visits and parent-teacher face-to-face meetings. Consequently, teachers and parents rely on digital technologies to communicate and build partnerships. Yet, little is known about their perceived experiences with digital communication. To contribute knowledge to this area, this study investigated the perceptions of the classroom teacher and parents of preschool children concerning their experiences of communicating with each other via digital technologies during COVID-19. The participants consisted of one teacher and three mothers of 3-year-olds in the same classroom of a private childcare center serving preschool children from mostly middle-class backgrounds in a northeastern state of the United States. The teacher and parents were interviewed individually and virtually via Zoom for 30-60 min (M = 45 min). A thematic analysis uncovered four salient themes: (1) modes of digital communication between the teacher and parents, (2) the nature of digital communication, (3) limitations of digital communication, and (4) digital communication via ClassDojo. The ClassDojo theme further revealed three subthemes: (1) ClassDojo for promoting proactive parent involvement, (2) ClassDojo for building teacher-parent partnerships, and (3) the use of limited functions of ClassDojo. The data were triangulated by analyzing teacher-parent communication artifacts on ClassDojo, which confirmed the findings related to the use of this digital platform.
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Gao MM, Speck B, Ostlund B, Neff D, Shakiba N, Vlisides-Henry RD, Kaliush PR, Molina NC, Thomas L, Raby KL, Crowell SE, Conradt E. Developmental foundations of physiological dynamics among mother-infant dyads: The role of newborn neurobehavior. Child Dev 2022; 93:1090-1105. [PMID: 35404480 PMCID: PMC10069953 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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This study tested whether newborn attention and arousal provide a foundation for the dynamics of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in mother-infant dyads. Participants were 106 mothers (Mage = 29.54) and their 7-month-old infants (55 males and 58 White and non-Hispanic). Newborn attention and arousal were measured shortly after birth using the NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale. Higher newborn arousal predicted a slower return of infant RSA to baseline. Additionally, greater newborn attention predicted mothers' slower return to baseline RSA following the still-face paradigm, and this effect only held for mothers whose infants had lower newborn arousal. These findings suggest that newborn neurobehavior, measured within days of birth, may contribute to later mother-infant physiological processes while recovering from stress.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of OB/GYN, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of OB/GYN, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Aytuglu A, Brown GL. Pleasure in parenting as a mediator between fathers' attachment representations and paternal sensitivity. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY : JFP : JOURNAL OF THE DIVISION OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DIVISION 43) 2022; 36:427-437. [PMID: 34351191 PMCID: PMC8816968 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The present study examined the mediating role of pleasure in parenting in the link between fathers' attachment representations and paternal sensitivity among 138 father-infant dyads from a rural part of the southeastern United States. First-time fathers' attachment representations were assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) prenatally. Pleasure in parenting-a multidimensional construct assessing positive attitudes and beliefs toward the parenting role-was coded from fathers' interviews at 3 months. Paternal sensitivity was coded from father-infant play interactions at 12 months. Results indicated that fathers with secure-autonomous adult attachment representations showed more pleasure in parenting. In turn, fathers who took more pleasure in parenting also interacted more sensitively during father-infant interactions. Moreover, although the direct association between fathers' attachment representations and sensitivity was nonsignificant, the indirect effect from secure-autonomous representations to sensitivity via pleasure in parenting was significant. Findings suggest that first-time fathers' parenting attitudes may play a role in transmitting representations of early caregiving experiences to sensitive interactions with their own infants. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Alp Aytuglu
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
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Dagan O, Schuengel C, Verhage ML, van IJzendoorn MH, Sagi-Schwartz A, Madigan S, Duschinsky R, Roisman GI, Bernard K, Bakermans-Kranenburg M, Bureau JF, Volling BL, Wong MS, Colonnesi C, Brown GL, Eiden RD, Fearon RMP, Oosterman M, Aviezer O, Cummings EM. Configurations of mother-child and father-child attachment as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2022; 2021:67-94. [PMID: 35005834 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An unsettled question in attachment theory and research is the extent to which children's attachment patterns with mothers and fathers jointly predict developmental outcomes. In this study, we used individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to assess whether early attachment networks with mothers and fathers are associated with children's internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems. Following a pre-registered protocol, data from 9 studies and 1,097 children (mean age: 28.67 months) with attachment classifications to both mothers and fathers were included in analyses. We used a linear mixed effects analysis to assess differences in children's internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems as assessed via the average of both maternal and paternal reports based on whether children had two, one, or no insecure (or disorganized) attachments. Results indicated that children with an insecure attachment relationship with one or both parents were at higher risk for elevated internalizing behavioral problems compared with children who were securely attached to both parents. Children whose attachment relationships with both parents were classified as disorganized had more externalizing behavioral problems compared to children with either one or no disorganized attachment relationship with their parents. Across attachment classification networks and behavioral problems, findings suggest (a) an increased vulnerability to behavioral problems when children have insecure or disorganized attachment to both parents, and (b) that mother-child and father-child attachment relationships may not differ in the roles they play in children's development of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems.
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- Or Dagan
- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
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- Section of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Section of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Center for the Study of Child Development and School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
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- Section of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Social Sciences, Communication & Humanities, Endicott College, Maryland, USA
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- Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Section of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for the Study of Child Development and School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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Ochi M, Fujiwara T. Paternal childcare in early childhood and problematic behavior in children: a population-based prospective study in Japan. BMC Pediatr 2021; 21:397. [PMID: 34507526 PMCID: PMC8431892 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-021-02838-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There have been numerous reports on the effects of paternal childcare on children's behavioral development. However, little is known about these effects in Asian countries such as Japan, where fathers do not have sufficient time for childcare due to long working hours. This study explored the association between paternal childcare during toddlerhood in terms of childcare hours and the type of caregiving behavior and subsequent behavioral problems in children aged 5.5 years, stratified by sex. METHODS We analyzed data from the Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the twenty-first Century (2001-2006), a population-based cohort survey in Japan (N = 27,870). Paternal childcare was assessed at 18 months in terms of paternal childcare hours on weekdays or weekends and the frequency of each type of childcare (feeding, changing diapers, bathing, putting the child to sleep, playing with the child at home, and taking the child outside). Based on the frequency or lack of paternal involvement, six categories of child behavioral problems were assessed when the children were 5.5 years old. Logistic regression analysis was applied to account for the known confounding variables. RESULTS Longer paternal childcare hours, on both weekdays and weekends in toddlerhood, had a protective effect on behavioral problems at 5.5 years of age. The dose-effect relationships were found between the frequency of fathers taking their children outside and behavioral problems in boys, and the frequency of fathers playing with their children at home and behavioral problems in both boys and girls. CONCLUSIONS Paternal childcare during toddlerhood could prevent subsequent behavioral problems in children. Several specific paternal caregiving behaviors, such as taking their children outside and playing with them at home, may play an important role in preventing subsequent behavioral problems.
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- Manami Ochi
- Department of Health and Welfare Services, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako City, Saitama, Japan.
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Feldman JS, Shaw DS. The Premise and Promise of Activation Parenting for Fathers: A Review and Integration of Extant Literature. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 2021; 24:414-449. [PMID: 34059958 DOI: 10.1007/s10567-021-00351-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although research on fathers tends to focus on mother-derived conceptualizations of caregiving, such as sensitivity, it has been theorized that fathers play a unique role in opening their children to the world by encouraging exploration and risk-taking. However, extant research on these forms of paternal caregiving is scattered across multiple related but distinct domains, namely rough-and-tumble play, challenging parenting behavior, and the activation relationship. Based on the overlap in theory and operationalizations of these domains, the present review aimed to define and operationalize a new caregiving construct: activation parenting (AP). Fathers who exhibit frequent and high-quality AP behaviors encourage children to take risks, challenge children physically and socioemotionally, and set appropriate limits during stimulating interactions to ensure safety and prevent over-arousal. Using Belsky's (1984) process of parenting model as a foundation, associations between paternal AP and characteristics of the father, his environment, and his child are reviewed, with a focus on early childhood (i.e., ages 0-5 years). The present review found some support for paternal AP occurring more frequently, but not necessarily with higher quality, when fathers had children older than one years old. Unexpectedly, the frequency and quality of paternal AP did not differ much by paternal age or indicators of socioeconomic status, or by child age or gender. In line with underlying theories, higher quality paternal AP in early childhood has been found to be associated with children's self-regulation skills and lower levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. Limitations of the current paternal AP literature are discussed and future directions for research, policy, and clinical work are proposed.
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Hondralis I, Kleinert C. Do children influence their mothers' decisions? Early child development and maternal employment entries after birth. ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH 2021; 47:100378. [PMID: 36695144 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2020.100378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study investigates whether early child development influences mothers' decisions regarding when to return to the labor market in Germany. Previous research has examined how institutional, individual and household factors affect maternal work interruption durations after childbirth. This study extends the literature by focusing on the impact of children on mothers' return-to-work behavior after childbirth and by examining mechanisms that might explain this impact. The study builds on data from NEPS Starting Cohort 1, the first large-scale newborn panel study in Germany, which provides measures on four different aspects of early child development, sensorimotor skills, habituation, regulatory capacity and negative affectivity, as well as information on mothers' labor market behavior and household settings. The analytical sample consists of 2,548 mothers with valid child information and contains data from the first four panel waves of the study until the child is 3 years old. The results from discrete-time event history models indicate a differentiated pattern of effects of child development indicators: higher sensorimotor skills and lower regulatory capacity are weakly associated with earlier maternal employment, while habituation and negative affectivity are unrelated to mothers' work behavior. Effects are the strongest among mothers returning to part-time work and among those with a medium level of education.
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- Irina Hondralis
- Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS), University of Bamberg, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), and University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
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Amodia-Bidakowska A, Laverty C, Ramchandani PG. Father-child play: A systematic review of its frequency, characteristics and potential impact on children’s development. DEVELOPMENTAL REVIEW 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2020.100924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Planalp EM, O'Neill M, Braungart-Rieker JM. Parent mind-mindedness, sensitivity, and infant affect: Implications for attachment with mothers and fathers. Infant Behav Dev 2019; 57:101330. [PMID: 31228665 PMCID: PMC6875615 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Previous research examining links between parenting and attachment has focused on behavioral aspects of parenting such as sensitivity. However, by assessing how parents reflect on infants' mental states (mind-mindedness) we gain a broader understanding of parenting and how it impacts attachment. Mothers, fathers, and their infants (N = 135) participated in the Still Face Paradigm (SFP) at 3-, 5-, and 7- months of age, and the Strange Situation with mothers at 12 months and fathers at 14 months. Parent sensitivity and infant affect were coded from the SFP and all videos were transcribed and later coded for parents' use of appropriate and non-attuned mind-mindedness toward their infants. Attachment with each parent was coded from the Strange Situation. Mixed effects models examined trajectories of parents' mind-mindedness in relation to parent sensitivity and infant affect across attachment groups. Significant differences between parent gender and attachment category were detected. Specifically, parents who were less sensitive were also less mind-minded toward insecure-avoidant infants; parents used more non-attuned mind-mindedness when infants had higher negative affect. Findings suggest that, in addition to parent sensitivity, parents' use of appropriate and non-attuned mind-mindedness during a parent-infant interaction provides insight into the developing attachment relationship for mothers and fathers.
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- Elizabeth M Planalp
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, United States.
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This study examined relations between father-child attachment security and both paternal sensitivity and fathers' pleasure in parenting. At 12 months of age sensitivity was coded from father-infant interactions and pleasure in parenting was coded from fathers' interviews assessing attitudes toward the parenting role. Father-child dyads participated in the Strange Situation Procedure assessing attachment relationship quality. Sensitivity was related to more pleasure in parenting, but neither variable alone predicted attachment security. However, pleasure in parenting moderated the association between sensitivity and attachment. Moreover, the concordance between sensitivity and pleasure in parenting differed markedly across attachment classifications. In secure relationships fathers showed strong concordance between sensitivity and pleasure in parenting. Fathers in avoidant relationships demonstrated high sensitivity coupled with low pleasure in parenting, whereas fathers in disorganized relationships showed low sensitivity coupled with high pleasure in parenting. Results speak to the importance of integrating cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects of parenting in father-child attachment research.
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- Geoffrey L Brown
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Padilla CM, Ryan RM. The link between child temperament and low-income mothers' and fathers' parenting. Infant Ment Health J 2019; 40:217-233. [PMID: 30720880 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Numerous studies have shown that children's temperamental characteristics impact the quality and quantity of parent-child interactions. However, these studies have largely focused on middle-class samples, have not compared multiple domains of parenting across mothers and fathers, and have not considered the possibility of nonlinear associations between temperament and parenting. The present study addresses these gaps by examining the potentially nonlinear role of two temperamental characteristics-negative emotionality and sociability-in predicting the quality and quantity of low-income mothers' and fathers' parenting. Data were drawn from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a study of low-income children and families. Results indicated that whereas parenting quality was somewhat impaired when children were temperamentally vulnerable (low sociability, high negativity), parents increased parenting quantity with the same vulnerable children. There was some evidence that parents were most reactive to children who scored either very high or very low on negative emotionality and sociability in both parenting domains. Patterns also suggest that mothers were more reactive to sociability, and fathers to negative emotionality.
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- Christina M Padilla
- Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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Riina EM, Feinberg ME. The trajectory of coparenting relationship quality across early adolescence: Family, community, and parent gender influences. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY : JFP : JOURNAL OF THE DIVISION OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DIVISION 43) 2018; 32:599-609. [PMID: 29863375 PMCID: PMC6072620 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study examined longitudinal change in coparenting support and conflict for married parents during their child's adolescence, and the links between financial, work, and community factors and coparenting support and conflict. We utilized an ecological perspective, drawing on five waves of data from 635 dual-earner families with adolescents (M = 11.29, SD = .48 years old at Time 1). Applying a multilevel modeling approach and using reports from mothers and fathers we examined: (a) change in coparenting support and conflict over six years; (b) correlated change in contextual factors (financial strain, work hours and satisfaction, and community cohesion) with change in coparenting; and (c) differences in associations for mothers versus fathers. Findings revealed a decline over six years in perceptions of partner coparenting support for mothers and fathers, but no significant change in perceived coparenting conflict. Changes in financial strain, work characteristics, and community cohesion were associated with change in coparenting support and conflict in expected directions; interactions by parent gender suggest that mothers' reports of coparenting quality are more closely linked to some contextual influences than fathers' reports. Discussion centers on the implications of social contexts for coparenting at a critical period in youth development. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Elizabeth M Riina
- Department of Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
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Ahnert L, Teufl L, Ruiz N, Piskernik B, Supper B, Remiorz S, Gesing A, Nowacki K. FATHER-CHILD PLAY DURING THE PRESCHOOL YEARS AND CHILD INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS: BETWEEN ROBUSTNESS AND VULNERABILITY. Infant Ment Health J 2017; 38:743-756. [DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- University of Applied Sciences and Arts; Dortmund Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences and Arts; Dortmund Germany
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Antúnez Z, de la Osa N, Granero R, Ezpeleta L. Reciprocity Between Parental Psychopathology and Oppositional Symptoms From Preschool to Middle Childhood. J Clin Psychol 2017; 74:489-504. [DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zayra Antúnez
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Universidad Austral de Chile
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Kuo PX, Volling BL, Gonzalez R. His, hers, or theirs? Coparenting after the birth of a second child. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY : JFP : JOURNAL OF THE DIVISION OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DIVISION 43) 2017; 31:710-720. [PMID: 28368201 PMCID: PMC5608629 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This study examined changes in coparenting after the birth of a second child. Mothers and fathers from 241 2-parent families reported on their spouses' coparenting cooperation and conflict with their firstborn children before (prenatal) and 4 months after the birth of a second child. Parents completed prenatal questionnaires on their gender-role attitudes, marital satisfaction, and firstborn children's temperamental characteristics. Parents also reported on their second-born infants' temperaments at 1 month of age. Coparenting conflict increased across the transition, and cooperation decreased. Couples in which fathers reported greater marital satisfaction were more cooperative 4 months after the second birth. Firstborns' difficult temperaments contributed to less cooperative coparenting by both parents. When mothers had more traditional gender-role beliefs, fathers engaged in more conflictual coparenting behavior, and when fathers had more traditional gender-role beliefs, mothers engaged in more conflictual coparenting behavior. Mothers, but not fathers, engaged in more coparenting conflict regarding the firstborn when both the firstborn and infant sibling had difficult temperaments. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Patty X. Kuo
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Cerniglia L, Muratori P, Milone A, Paciello M, Ruglioni L, Cimino S, Levantini V, Tambelli R. Paternal psychopathological risk and psychological functioning in children with eating disorders and Disruptive Behavior Disorder. Psychiatry Res 2017; 254:60-66. [PMID: 28456023 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Several studies demonstrated that maternal psychopathological risk is related to child's maladjustment, but until recently research has relatively neglected fathers. Disruptive Behavior Disorder (DBD) and Eating disorders (ED) have a large prevalence during childhood but a few studies have focused on their association with paternal psychopathological risk. One-hundred and thirty-nine children and their fathers were recruited from pediatric hospitals and outpatient clinics and paired with a healthy control group (CG). Fathers were administered the SCL-90/R and the CBCL 6-18 to assess: 1) psychopathological risk of fathers of children with DBD, ED and CG; 2) significant differences between ED and DBD fathers' psychopathological profiles; and 3) associations between specific fathers' psychopathological symptoms and children's emotional-behavioral problems. Fathers of children with ED showed a higher psychopathological risk than fathers of DBD offspring. Children with DBD showed higher externalizing symptoms. Paternal hostility was associated with internalizing problems in children with DBD. Paternal hostility showed a non-significant but clinically interesting association with internalizing problems in DBD children; interpersonal sensitivity was associated with internalizing problems in ED children. This study can constitute a contribution to a better understanding of the clinical characteristics of fathers of children with DBD and ED.
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- Luca Cerniglia
- International Telematic University Uninettuno, Psychology Faculty, Department of Psychology, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 39 - 00100, Rome, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Viale del Tirreno, 331, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Viale del Tirreno, 331, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
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- International Telematic University Uninettuno, Psychology Faculty, Department of Psychology, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 39 - 00100, Rome, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Viale del Tirreno, 331, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
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- Sapienza, University of Rome, Psychology and Medicine Faculty, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Via dei Marsi, 78 - 00186, Rome, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Viale del Tirreno, 331, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
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- Sapienza, University of Rome, Psychology and Medicine Faculty, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Via dei Marsi, 78 - 00186, Rome, Italy.
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Flouri E, Midouhas E, Narayanan MK. The Relationship Between Father Involvement and Child Problem Behaviour in Intact Families: A 7-Year Cross-Lagged Study. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2017; 44:1011-21. [PMID: 26349744 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study investigated the cross-lagged relationship between father involvement and child problem behaviour across early-to-middle childhood, and tested whether temperament modulated any cross-lagged child behaviour effects on father involvement. It used data from the first four waves of the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, when children (50.3 % male) were aged 9 months, and 3, 5 and 7 years. The sample was 8302 families where both biological parents were co-resident across the four waves. Father involvement (participation in play and physical and educational activities with the child) was measured at ages 3, 5 and 7, as was child problem behaviour (assessed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Key child and family covariates related to father involvement and child problem behaviour were controlled. Little evidence was found that more father involvement predicted less child problem behaviour two years later, with the exception of father involvement at child's age 5 having a significant, but small, effect on peer problems at age 7. There were two child effects. More hyperactive children at age 3 had more involved fathers at age 5, and children with more conduct problems at age 3 had more involved fathers at age 5. Child temperament did not moderate any child behaviour effects on father involvement. Thus, in young, intact UK families, child adjustment appears to predict, rather than be predicted by, father involvement in early childhood. When children showed more problematic behaviours, fathers did not become less involved. In fact, early hyperactivity and conduct problems in children seemed to elicit more involvement from fathers. At school age, father involvement appeared to affect children's social adjustment rather than vice versa.
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- Eirini Flouri
- Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK.
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK.,The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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van der Veen-Mulders L, Nauta MH, Timmerman ME, van den Hoofdakker BJ, Hoekstra PJ. Predictors of discrepancies between fathers and mothers in rating behaviors of preschool children with and without ADHD. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2017; 26:365-376. [PMID: 27578230 PMCID: PMC5323464 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0897-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To examine child factors and parental characteristics as predictors of discrepancies between parents' ratings of externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in a sample of preschool children with ADHD and behavior problems and in a nonclinical sample. We investigated correspondence and discrepancies between parents' ratings on the externalizing and internalizing behavior problems broadband scales of the Child Behavior Checklist version for preschool children (CBCL/1.5-5). Parents of 152 preschool children, with ADHD and behavior problems (n = 72) and nonclinical children (n = 80), aged between 28 and 72 months (M = 47.26, SD = 12.7), completed the CBCL/1.5-5. Candidate predictors of discrepancy included the child's age and sex, and parents' levels of parenting stress, depressive mood, attention-deficit and disruptive behavior. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted. Correspondence between parents, both for ratings on internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, was high (r = .63-.77). In the clinical sample, mothers rated the severity of externalizing behavior problems significantly higher than did fathers (p = < .001). Discrepancy between fathers and mothers on externalizing behavior problems was not predicted by child factors or interparental differences in psychopathology, but it was predicted by interparental differences in parenting stress (R 2 = .25, p < .001). This effect was significantly larger in the nonclinical sample (ΔR 2 = .06, p < .001). When parents disagree on the severity level of preschool children's externalizing behavior problems, the clinician should take into consideration that differences in parenting stress might be involved.
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- Lianne van der Veen-Mulders
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 660, 9700 AR, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- University of Groningen, Department of Clinical Psychology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, Department of Clinical Psychology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 660, 9700 AR, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 660, 9700 AR, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ionio C, Colombo C, Brazzoduro V, Mascheroni E, Confalonieri E, Castoldi F, Lista G. Mothers and Fathers in NICU: The Impact of Preterm Birth on Parental Distress. EUROPES JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 12:604-621. [PMID: 27872669 PMCID: PMC5114875 DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Preterm birth is a stressful event for families. In particular, the unexpectedly early delivery may cause negative feelings in mothers and fathers. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between preterm birth, parental stress and negative feelings, and the environmental setting of NICU. 21 mothers (age = 36.00 ± 6.85) and 19 fathers (age = 34.92 ± 4.58) of preterm infants (GA = 30.96 ± 2.97) and 20 mothers (age = 40.08 ± 4.76) and 20 fathers (age = 40.32 ± 6.77) of full-term infants (GA = 39.19 ± 1.42) were involved. All parents filled out the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Impact of Event Scale Revised, Profile of Mood States, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and the Post-Partum Bonding Questionnaire. Our data showed differences in emotional reactions between preterm and full-term parents. Results also revealed significant differences between mothers and fathers’ responses to preterm birth in terms of stress, negative feelings, and perceptions of social support. A correlation between negative conditions at birth (e.g., birth weight and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit stay) and higher scores in some scales of Impact of Event Scale Revised, Profile of Mood States and Post-Partum Bonding Questionnaire were found. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit may be a stressful place both for mothers and fathers. It might be useful to plan, as soon as possible, interventions to help parents through the experience of the premature birth of their child and to begin an immediately adaptive mode of care.
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- Chiara Ionio
- Centro di Ricerca sulle Dinamiche evolutive ed educative (CRIdee), Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), V. Buzzi-Ospedale dei Bambini, ICP, Milan, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), V. Buzzi-Ospedale dei Bambini, ICP, Milan, Italy
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- Centro di Ricerca sulle Dinamiche evolutive ed educative (CRIdee), Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Centro di Ricerca sulle Dinamiche evolutive ed educative (CRIdee), Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), V. Buzzi-Ospedale dei Bambini, ICP, Milan, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), V. Buzzi-Ospedale dei Bambini, ICP, Milan, Italy
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Toddler Emotional States, Temperamental Traits, and Their Interaction: Associations with Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2016; 67:106-119. [PMID: 28479643 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the degree to which toddlers' observed emotional states, toddlers' temperamental traits, and their interaction accounted for variance in mothers' and fathers' parenting. Main effects of two emotional states (positive emotion and negative emotion), three temperamental traits (negative affectivity, effortful control, and surgency) as well as state-by-trait interactions, were examined in relation to parental sensitivity, positive affect, and negative affect. The hypothesis that toddlers' temperamental traits would moderate the association between their observed emotional states and parenting was partially supported. Significant state-by-trait interactions were found in models predicting the probability that mothers and fathers expressed negative affect towards their toddlers. For parental sensitivity and positive affect, only main effects of temperament and/or emotion expression accounted for variance in parenting.
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Planalp EM, Braungart-Rieker JM. Determinants of father involvement with young children: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY : JFP : JOURNAL OF THE DIVISION OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DIVISION 43) 2016; 30:135-46. [PMID: 26437143 PMCID: PMC4742424 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The current study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B; Snow et al., 2007) to explore determinants of resident father involvement. Families (N = 2,900) were measured at 3 time points (9 months, 2 years, and 4 years of age). Father, mother, and child factors were examined in relation to father caregiving and play. Latent change score models indicated that fathers engaged in more caregiving and play behaviors and increased at a faster rate when they more strongly identified with their role as a father. Fathers engaged in more caregiving when mothers reported higher depressive symptoms and increased in play more slowly when marital conflict was higher. In addition, a Mother Depressive Symptoms × Marital Conflict interaction emerged indicating that fathers differed in their levels of caregiving depending on mothers' report of depressive symptoms, but only when marital conflict was low. Fathers also increased in caregiving at a faster rate with girls than boys. A comprehensive framework for examining resident father involvement is presented.
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Chen N, Deater-Deckard K, Bell MA. The role of temperament by family environment interactions in child maladjustment. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2015; 42:1251-62. [PMID: 24691836 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9872-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In order to advance our understanding of the etiology of individual differences in child maladjustment (i.e., conduct and emotional problems), we tested hypotheses about the statistical interactions between child temperament and two aspects of the family environment: maternal negativity and positivity, and household chaos (e.g., crowding, noise, lack of routines). Mothers (n = 149) reported on their child's effortful control, negative affect, surgency, and behavioral/emotional problems. The age range of the children was 3 to 7 years old and half of the sample was girls. Observers rated maternal negativity and positivity based on brief structured interaction tasks in the laboratory. Child temperament moderated the association between maternal negativity/positivity and child maladjustment. Maternal negativity and child problem behavior were associated only for those children who also were high in surgency or negative affectivity. Maternal positivity was associated with less child problem behavior for those high in surgency. Child effortful control interacted with both maternal negativity and chaos. Maternal negativity and child problem behavior were most strongly associated for children who were low in effortful control and living in chaotic homes. The results point to distinct transactions between child temperament and maternal negativity/positivity that depend in part on the dimensions of temperament and parenting behavior in question.
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- Nan Chen
- Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, 109 Williams Hall (0436), Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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Cerniglia L, Cimino S, Ballarotto G. MOTHER-CHILD AND FATHER-CHILD INTERACTION WITH THEIR 24-MONTH-OLD CHILDREN DURING FEEDING, CONSIDERING PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE CHILD'S TEMPERAMENT IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE. Infant Ment Health J 2014; 35:473-81. [DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Planalp EM, Braungart-Rieker JM, Lickenbrock DM, Zentall SR. Trajectories of Parenting During Infancy: The Role of Infant Temperament and Marital Adjustment for Mothers and Fathers. INFANCY 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/infa.12021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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