Determinants of paternal and maternal investment in children

Corwyn, Robert F.; Bradley, Robert H.

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“…Also, mothers and fathers from dual-earner families are confronted with exceptional work and family demands, likely affecting their availability to engage in child-rearing activities (Bonney et al, 1999;Danner-Vlaardingerbroek, Kluwer, van Steenbergen, & van der Lippe, 2013;Meteyer & Perry-Jenkins, 2010;Zick et al, 2001). Although some structural conditions of parents' work environment (e.g., long working hours, atypical schedules, and husband-wife wage differentials) are associated with parental involvement in dual-earner families (Hook & Wolfe, 2013;Wood & Repetti, 2004;Yeung et al, 2001), the way parents perceive balance between their work and family demands exerts a strong influence on parenting (Cinamon, Weisel, & Tzuk, 2007;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999;Perry-Jenkins, Repetti, & Crouter, 2000;Vieira, Matias, Ferreira, Lopez, & Matos, 2016). Some studies reported that parents' WFC, meaning the experience perceived by the parents as not having enough time and energy to manage all work and family responsibilities, has a negative effect on their psychological availability and socioemotional investment in their children (Matias et al, 2017;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999;Danner-Vlaardingerbroek et al, 2013).…”

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“…Although some structural conditions of parents' work environment (e.g., long working hours, atypical schedules, and husband-wife wage differentials) are associated with parental involvement in dual-earner families (Hook & Wolfe, 2013;Wood & Repetti, 2004;Yeung et al, 2001), the way parents perceive balance between their work and family demands exerts a strong influence on parenting (Cinamon, Weisel, & Tzuk, 2007;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999;Perry-Jenkins, Repetti, & Crouter, 2000;Vieira, Matias, Ferreira, Lopez, & Matos, 2016). Some studies reported that parents' WFC, meaning the experience perceived by the parents as not having enough time and energy to manage all work and family responsibilities, has a negative effect on their psychological availability and socioemotional investment in their children (Matias et al, 2017;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999;Danner-Vlaardingerbroek et al, 2013). The experience of WFC may have particularly negative implications for parents' availability to engage in activities that go beyond basic caretaking, namely spending time with the child in positive engagement activities.…”

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“…PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT AND CHILD SELF-CONTROL chological availability, parental self-efficacy, and the quality of parent-child interactions (Matias et al, 2017;Cinamon et al, 2007;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999;Crouter et al, 1999;. Nonetheless, these studies have either been cross-sectional studies or have not focused on the effects of parents' WFC on parental engagement over time.…”

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Trajectories of parental engagement in early childhood among dual-earner families: Effects on child self-control.

Ferreira¹,

Cadima²,

Matias³

et al. 2018

Developmental Psychology

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Parental engagement in positive activities with the child may show significant variation across time, assuming a crucial influence on child development. In dual-earner families, work-family conflict can interfere with parental engagement, with negative consequences for children's behavior. The current study examined the change trajectories of mothers' and fathers' engagement in early childhood, analyzing whether these trajectories are influenced by parents' work-family conflict and whether they predict child behavioral self-control. Data from 156 four-year-old children (67 girls) from dual-earner families were collected annually for 3 consecutive years, through mothers', fathers', and teachers' reports. Results from latent growth curve analysis revealed mothers' engagement remained stable across time while fathers' engagement had a significant increase over time. The negative association between work-family conflict and parental engagement was constant over time both for mothers and fathers. For mothers, initial levels of engagement positively predicted child behavioral self-control. As for fathers, both the initial level and positive change in engagement positively predicted child self-control. These findings emphasize the role of parental engagement in fostering child behavioral adjustment, underlining the need for considering work-family dynamics to understand changes in parental engagement.

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Trajectories of parental engagement in early childhood among dual-earner families: Effects on child self-control.

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Cadima²,

Matias³

et al. 2018

Developmental Psychology

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“…Several constructs are similar to commitment, but differ in critical ways. One such construct is that of socioemotional investment, proposed by Bradley and colleagues (Bradley, Whiteside-Mansell, Brisby, & Caldwell, 1997;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999). Bradley et al (1997) have defined the term socioemotional investment broadly as a composite of parental delight in the child, sensitivity to the child's needs and cues, acceptance of the parenting role, and distress at being separated from the child.…”

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“…Bradley et al (1997) have defined the term socioemotional investment broadly as a composite of parental delight in the child, sensitivity to the child's needs and cues, acceptance of the parenting role, and distress at being separated from the child. Socioemotional investment in both biological mothers and fathers is associated with social support, quality of the marital relationship, parental stress, child temperament, and parent personality traits (Bradley et al, 1997;Corwyn & Bradley, 1999). This construct of socioemotional investment was developed in relation to biologically intact dyads (Bradley et al, 1997).…”

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Caregiver commitment to foster children: The role of child behavior

Lindhiem

Dozier

2007

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between child behavior problems and caregiver commitment to their child in a group of young foster children. Method:The sample consisted of 102 caregiver-child dyads from the greater Baltimore area. Child behavior was assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach, 1991Achenbach, ,1992, and caregiver commitment was assessed using a semi-structured interview known as the "This is My Baby" Interview (Bates & Dozier, 1998). For a sub-sample of the dyads (N = 76), we examined caregiver commitment and parent-reported child behavior at two time points in order to examine the stability of a caregiver's commitment over time and to examine the direction of the association between the two variables.Results: Overall, caregiver reported child behavior was significantly associated with caregiver commitment. Both caregiver reported child behavior and caregiver commitment were highly stable over an 11-month period. When we examined the data over time, the effect of caregiver reported child behavior at time 1 on caregiver commitment at time 2 was not significantly larger than the effect of caregiver commitment at time 1 on caregiver reported child behavior at time 2. As a result, we were not able to determine the direction of the association between caregiver reported child behavior and caregiver commitment. Conclusions:Our results indicate that caregiver reported child behavior is significantly associated with caregiver commitment to their foster children, even after controlling for factors including age of entry into foster care and time in placement.

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Child sleep arrangements and family life: perspectives from mothers and fathers

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Chang

Keller

et al. 2007

Infant and Child Development

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This study examined solitary sleeping and co-sleeping arrangements in families with a young child. Data were obtained from questionnaires completed by two independent samples, one of mothers (N = 100) and one of fathers (N = 38) of preschool-aged children. Types of family sleep arrangements included children who slept in their own room from infancy, children who shared the parental bed from infancy, and children who returned to bedsharing following a period of solitary sleeping. Mothers and fathers described reasons for family sleep arrangements, attitudes towards sleep arrangements, satisfaction with sleep arrangements, and perceptions of children's sleep-related problems. Survey questions also addressed marital relations, parenting, and well-being. Results indicated that mothers and fathers endorsed similar reasons for their families' sleep arrangements, although reasons differed by the type of sleep arrangement. Satisfaction with sleep arrangements was more likely for mothers and fathers whose attitudes coincided with their actual sleep practices. Parents who experienced more problems with their child's sleep behaviours also reported disharmony in marital and parenting domains. Thus, 'nighttime parenting' was found to be associated with other important domains of family life for both mothers and fathers.

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Determinants of paternal and maternal investment in children

Cited by 54 publications

References 67 publications

Trajectories of parental engagement in early childhood among dual-earner families: Effects on child self-control.

Trajectories of parental engagement in early childhood among dual-earner families: Effects on child self-control.

Caregiver commitment to foster children: The role of child behavior

Child sleep arrangements and family life: perspectives from mothers and fathers

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