Fathers' Involvement in the Care of Their Infants and Their Attributions of Cognitive Competence to Infants

Ninio, Anat; Rinott, Nurith

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1988.tb03224.x

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“…Specifically, it has been documented that men who had loving and secure relationships with their caregivers were more sensitive, attentive, and involved than fathers who recalled poor relationships (Bretherton, Lambert, & Golby, 2006;Cowan et al, 1996;Shannon et al, 2006). Other researchers have identified fathers' sensitivity to child signals (Lamb, 2010) and fathers' warmth, responsiveness and consistency of responding to children (Carson & Parke, 1996;Fagan & Iglesias, 1999;Ninio & Rinott, 1988) as important factors in influencing FCRQ.…”

Section: Paternal Sensitivity and Relational Synchronymentioning

confidence: 99%

Expanding Our Focus From Father Involvement to Father–Child Relationship Quality

Palkovitz

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Most of the many existing ways to conceive and measure paternal relationships incorporate ways to gauge father involvement. Although father involvement is a well‐established, important component of studying fathering relationships, it offers a circumscribed understanding of key characteristics of father–child relationships and their quality. Synthesizing theoretical and empirical literature across broader indicators of father–child relationship quality (FCRQ) affords fuller consideration of developmental trajectories of father–child relationships and outcomes for both fathers and their children. A theoretical focus on FCRQ affords enhanced understanding of the meaning and processes of father–child relationships. Implications are discussed for conceptualization, operationalization, and practical steps to enhance future FCRQ scholarship.

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Section: Paternal Sensitivity and Relational Synchronymentioning

confidence: 99%

Expanding Our Focus From Father Involvement to Father–Child Relationship Quality

Palkovitz

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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“…Importantly, however, much past work has revealed that the amount of time spent with one’s child does have unique positive outcomes for many domains of child development. Indeed, higher levels of father involvement have been linked to cognitive advances and early learning (Fagan & Iglesias, 1999; Ninio & Rinott, 1988; Nugent, 1991), greater academic achievement (Cooksey & Fondell, 1996; McBride, Schoppe-Sullivan, & Ho, 2005), increased socio-emotional competence (Forehand & Nousianien, 1993; Koestner, Franz, and Weinberger, 1990), fewer behavior problems (e.g., Aldous & Mulligan, 2002; Zimmerman, Salem, & Notaro, 2000), lower levels of depression and mental health problems (Boyce et al, 2006; Cookston & Finlay, 2006), and increased physical activity (Beets & Foley, 2008), among many others (see Flouri, 2005 for a review). Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis examining the effects of father involvement found significant positive effects of involvement on child development in social, cognitive, and mental health domains (Sakardi, Kristiannsson, Oberklaid, & Bremberg, 2008).…”

Section: Parental Involvement and Family Functioningmentioning

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Parental involvement, child temperament, and parents' work hours: Differential relations for mothers and fathers

Brown

McBride

Bost

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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This study examined how child temperament was related to parents’ time spent accessible to and interacting with their 2-year-olds. Bivariate analyses indicated that both fathers and mothers spent more time with temperamentally challenging children than easier children on workdays, but fathers spent less time with challenging children than easier children on non-workdays. After accounting for work hours, some associations between temperament and fathers’ workday involvement dropped to non-significance. For fathers, work hours also moderated the relation between irregular temperament and workday play. For mothers, work hours moderated the relation between both difficult and irregular temperament and workday interaction. Mothers also spent more time with girls (but not boys) who were temperamentally irregular. Results speak to the influence of child temperament on parenting behavior, and the differential construction of parenting roles as a function of child characteristics and patterns of work.

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“…In samples of dual-and single-earner couples with infants, fathers have been found to spend less than four hours per weekday available to their infants but no more than two and a half hours actually interacting with them (Lamb et al, 1988;Ninio and Rinott, 1988). Children in dual-earner households have been found to be with fathers (father alone or father and mother together) less than half of the time (42%) they are with one or both parents (father alone, mother alone, father and mother together; Barnett and Baruch, 1987).…”

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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual‐earner households: maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks

Manlove

Vernon–Feagans

2002

Infant and Child Development

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This study focused on maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dualearner households utilizing full time infant day care. Three involvement variables were considered: father's time alone with the infant; father's time available to the infant; and father participation in caregiving tasks. The results showed fathers to be available to sons significantly more than daughters. Fathers were also significantly more involved in caregiving tasks with sons than with daughters. There was no difference in father time alone with sons and daughters. Examination of these three involvement measures in relation to demographic, family environment, and infant temperament measures revealed that mothers' reported fathers as being available more to sons than to daughters. In addition, mothers reported fathers to be more available to temperamentally easy sons than to temperamentally difficult sons. Recommendations are made for future research.

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Fathers' Involvement in the Care of Their Infants and Their Attributions of Cognitive Competence to Infants

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Expanding Our Focus From Father Involvement to Father–Child Relationship Quality

Expanding Our Focus From Father Involvement to Father–Child Relationship Quality

Parental involvement, child temperament, and parents' work hours: Differential relations for mothers and fathers

Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual‐earner households: maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks

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