Development and Validation of a Quantitative Measure of Intensive Parenting Attitudes

Liss, Miriam; Schiffrin, Holly H.; Mackintosh, Virginia H.; Miles‐McLean, Haley; Erchull, Mindy J.

doi:10.1007/s10826-012-9616-y

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“…Working mothers, in contrast, emphasized deeper relational interactions, with greater ability to communicate and to build the child's self-esteem, as indicators of good parenting. Liss, Schiffrin, Mackintosh, Miles-McLean, & Erchull (2013) support these findings in their study of over 500 mothers. Specifically, their results indicate that stay-at-home mothers are more likely than working mothers to perceive women as inherently better at parenting than men, and to believe that parents are primarily responsible for mentally stimulating their children.…”

Section: The Influence Of Work On Perceptions Of "Good" Parentingsupporting

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Bad Jobs, Bad Parents? How Job Characteristics Relate to Time With Children and Self-Evaluations of Parents

Speights

Grubbs

Rubin

2017

IJCYFS

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Using a data set of employed parents in the United States, the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce, this paper examines work characteristics, the amount of time parents spend with their children, and how parents evaluate themselves in their parenting role (their "self-evaluations as parents"). The results indicate that although work hours correlate with time spent with children, they do not correlate with parents' self-evaluations. Autonomy is critical to both parenting outcomes, even after controlling for time spent with children. Family structure is also correlated with time spent with children, but not with self-evaluations. These findings indicate that for working parents, some of the characteristics of their work influence both the amount of time spent with children and the degree to which they feel they are good parents.

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Section: The Influence Of Work On Perceptions Of "Good" Parentingsupporting

confidence: 66%

Bad Jobs, Bad Parents? How Job Characteristics Relate to Time With Children and Self-Evaluations of Parents

Speights

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Rubin

2017

IJCYFS

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“…Despite burgeoning research in this field, only two known quantitative studies examining the concepts of intensive parenting exist. Liss, Schiffrin, Mackintosh, Miles‐McLean, and Erchull () and Schiffrin et al () developed quantitative scales to evaluate intensive parenting ideologies. They found ideologies of intensive parenting to prevail and their scales to be valid and reliable.…”

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Gender Ideologies in Europe: A Multidimensional Framework

Grunow

Begall

Buchler

2018

J of Marriage and Family

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The authors argue, in line with recent research, that operationalizing gender ideology as a unidimensional construct ranging from traditional to egalitarian is problematic and propose an alternative framework that takes the multidimensionality of gender ideologies into account. Using latent class analysis, they operationalize their gender ideology framework based on data from the 2008 European Values Study, of which eight European countries reflecting the spectrum of current work–family policies were selected. The authors examine the form in which gender ideologies cluster in the various countries. Five ideology profiles were identified: egalitarian, egalitarian essentialism, intensive parenting, moderate traditional, and traditional. The five ideology profiles were found in all countries, but with pronounced variation in size. Ideologies mixing gender essentialist and egalitarian views appear to have replaced traditional ideologies, even in countries offering some institutional support for gendered separate spheres.

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“…This desire is related to intensive parenting beliefs, a set of beliefs that includes the ideas that parenting should be child-centered, involve intellectual stimulation, be challenging, and primarily involve the mother (Hays 1996;Liss et al 2013). Intensive parenting has been linked to poor mental health consequences for mothers (Rizzo et al 2013), but some parents may consider it to be worth sacrificing their own mental health if it would ensure their children's optimal development.…”

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“…''); Fulfillment (e.g., ''Being a parent brings a person the greatest joy they can possibly experience''); Stimulation (e.g., ''Finding the best educational opportunities for children is important as early as preschool''); Challenging (e.g., ''It is harder to be a good mother than to be a corporate executive''), and Childcentered (e.g., ''Children's needs should come before their parents''; Liss et al 2013). Questions were answered on a 6-point scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree).…”

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“…The constructs associated with intensive parenting have been recently operationalized and quantitative factors were identified including that the mother is the essential parent, that parenting must be child-centered, that parenting is extremely fulfilling, that parents should provide consistent intellectual stimulation, and that parenting is extremely challenging . Mothers hold these intensive parenting beliefs despite the fact that it may have negative consequences on their well-being (Hays 1996;Liss et al 2013;Rizzo et al 2013). For example, the belief that parenting is the most challenging job in the world was related to increased stress and depression as well as decreased satisfaction with life.…”

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Intensive Parenting: Does it Have the Desired Impact on Child Outcomes?

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Although parental involvement is generally thought to be beneficial for children, it is unclear whether the intensive level of parenting that has become commonplace results in improved child outcomes. Intensive parenting may involve the desire to anticipate and solve children's problems as well as to enroll them in numerous, structured activities that might enhance their physical, cognitive, and social abilities. We surveyed 241 parents to assess intensive parenting beliefs, anticipatory problem solving (APS), enrollment in structured activities, and developmental outcomes of their children ages 2-5. Using structural equation modeling, we found that intensive parenting beliefs predicted more APS, which predicted greater enrollment in creative and physical activities. However, enrollment in structured activities did not predict children's developmental outcomes. Although parents may believe that expensive and time-consuming activities are the keys to ensuring their children's health, happiness, and success, this study does not support this assumption.

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Development and Validation of a Quantitative Measure of Intensive Parenting Attitudes

Cited by 99 publications

References 39 publications

Bad Jobs, Bad Parents? How Job Characteristics Relate to Time With Children and Self-Evaluations of Parents

Bad Jobs, Bad Parents? How Job Characteristics Relate to Time With Children and Self-Evaluations of Parents

Gender Ideologies in Europe: A Multidimensional Framework

Intensive Parenting: Does it Have the Desired Impact on Child Outcomes?

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