Measuring the Quality of Early Father–Child Rough and Tumble Play: Tools for Practice and Research

Anderson, Sheila; StGeorge, Jennifer; Roggman, Lori A.

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“…As play becomes increasingly dramatic and abstract, the highest stages of socialization and cognition begin to develop, culminating in enhanced self-regulatory behavior such as attention control. Some studies have indeed shown that engagement in rough-and-tumble play has positive cognitive and behavioral outcomes in animals (e.g., Bell et al, 2009;Dallaire & Mason, 2017) and humans (e.g., Robinson et al, 2021), including being associated with increased self-regulatory functioning and attention control (e.g., Anderson et al, 2019;StGeorge and Freeman. 2017; also see Panksepp, 2008).…”

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The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks

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Working memory capacity is an important psychological construct and many real-world phenomena are strongly associated with individual differences in working memory functioning. Although working memory and attention are intertwined, several studies have recently shown that individual differences in the general ability to control attention is more strongly predictive of human behavior than working memory capacity. In this review, we argue that researchers would therefore generally be better suited to studying the role of attention control rather than memory-based abilities in explaining real-world behavior and performance in humans. The review begins with a discussion of relevant literature on the nature and measurement of both working memory capacity and attention control, including recent developments in the study of individual differences of attention control. We then selectively review existing literature on the role of both working memory and attention in various applied settings and explain, in each case, why a switch in emphasis to attention control is warranted. Topics covered include psychological testing, cognitive training, education, sports, police decision making, human factors, and disorders within clinical psychology. The review concludes with general recommendations and best practices for researchers interested in conducting studies of individual differences in attention control.

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Section: Improving Attention Prior To School Enrollmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks

Draheim

Pak²,

Draheim³

et al. 2021

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“…Knowledge of child development may be one tool to equip fathers with the capability to engage more frequently across a variety of behaviors with their infants. Such engagement behaviors include caregiving, verbal stimulation, and physical play, all of which have been associated with positive child outcomes (Anderson et al, 2019;Cabrera et al, 2007;Cowan et al, 2009). It may also be important to distinguish between an objective measure of child development knowledge and the amount of knowledge fathers believe they have.…”

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“…Positive father-child interactions in the home predicted children's early language and cognitive development at 24 months and 36 months, yielding support for a direct effect of father engagement on children's cognitive outcomes (Tamis-LeMonda et al, 2004). One specific type of father-child interaction, father-child play, has been linked to language and cognitive development at 24 months and 36 months (Roggman et al, 2004), as well as attention regulation, language, and cognitive outcomes in preschool-aged children (Anderson et al, 2019). Additionally, father engagement in early childhood predicted long-term educational attainment in young adulthood, supporting that early father-child interactions impact children long after childhood (Flouri & Buchanan, 2004).…”

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Child Development Knowledge and Father Engagement: The Mediating Role of Parenting Self-efficacy

Connor

Stolz

2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Early father engagement is associated with numerous positive child outcomes including cognitive development, emotional regulation, and fewer problem behaviors. Various fathering programs attempt to encourage father engagement through teaching fathers about young children’s development and needs. This study examined 181 low-income fathers’ child development knowledge (self-perceived and objective) as predictors of father engagement (verbal stimulation, caregiving, and physical play) with infants. Additionally, parenting self-efficacy (PSE) was examined as a mediator. Results revealed that fathers’ self-perceived child development knowledge positively predicted engagement with infants (verbal stimulation and caregiving), but objective knowledge did not. PSE did not mediate the relationship between self-perceived knowledge and father engagement. These findings yield important implications for fathering research and interventions, suggesting that it may be particularly beneficial to increase fathers’ confidence in their ability to understand and meet their child’s needs rather than exclusively focusing on improving fathers’ knowledge of child development.

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“…They found that high-quality RTP was associated with fewer Total Problems as rated by both mothers and fathers using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [ 10 ]. Anderson, St George, and Roggman [ 11 ] reported that RTP was negatively correlated with aggression, such that higher-quality RTP was related to lower aggression scores in a sample of 25 father–child dyads. Numerous researchers have also found links between RTP and social competence [ 3 , 6 , 7 , 12 ], emotion regulation [ 13 , 14 ], and self-regulation [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 ].…”

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“…Anderson, St George, and Roggman [ 11 ] reported that RTP was negatively correlated with aggression, such that higher-quality RTP was related to lower aggression scores in a sample of 25 father–child dyads. Numerous researchers have also found links between RTP and social competence [ 3 , 6 , 7 , 12 ], emotion regulation [ 13 , 14 ], and self-regulation [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 ]. RTP is not unique to humans but has also been observed across numerous mammalian species [ 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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The Relationship between Father–Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Children’s Working Memory

Freeman

Robinson

2022

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Rough-and-tumble play (RTP) between fathers and children has been linked to many social, emotional, and behavioural child outcomes, such as reduced aggression and increased self-regulation. This study extends our understanding of the importance of RTP to the development of the executive function, working memory. Father–child dyads (N = 30) were asked to play two RTP games that were videorecorded for later observational coding. Fathers were also asked to report the frequency with which they play RTP games with their child. Two measures of working memory were also collected. The working-memory index of the Wechsler Preschool and the Primary Scale of Intelligence—Fourth Edition were used to measure working-memory ability, and the working-memory subscale of the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function was used as a measure of working-memory problems. RTP frequency was associated with improved working-memory ability and fewer working-memory problems. RTP quality was associated with higher working-memory ability. This study adds to the growing evidence of the importance of father–child RTP for child development.

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Measuring the Quality of Early Father–Child Rough and Tumble Play: Tools for Practice and Research

Cited by 18 publications

References 94 publications

The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks

The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks

Child Development Knowledge and Father Engagement: The Mediating Role of Parenting Self-efficacy

The Relationship between Father–Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Children’s Working Memory

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