Sex Differences in Parenting Behaviors in Single‐Mother and Single‐Father Households

Dufur, Mikaela J.; Howell, Nyssa C.; Downey, Douglas B.; Ainsworth, James W.; Lapray, Alice J.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00752.x

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“…That is, the more anxious parent may specialize more in caring (the role of the mother), whereas the less anxious parent may specialize more in playing and challenging (the role of the father). With regard to the parenting of single parents, there are two opposing views (Dufur et al 2010). The first is that single mothers and fathers will parent very differently, because mothers will enact their female way of parenting (i.e., nurturing/caring), whereas fathers will display their male parenting role (i.e., challenging).…”

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“…The second view is that single fathers and mothers would not differ in their parenting behavior, as they are solely responsible for providing all the resources to their children (i.e., they have to adopt both the maternal and paternal role). Dufur et al (2010) showed that there are small differences between the parenting of single mothers and single fathers, but that demographic inequalities play a role in these differences. More research assessing the parenting of same gender parent couples and single parents and the association of parenting in these families with the development of child anxiety is clearly needed.…”

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Parental Anxiety, Parenting Behavior, and Infant Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers and Mothers

2014

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Most studies investigating the role of parenting behavior in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety from parents to children have focused on mothers. However, recent research suggests that mothers and fathers may parent differently and may differentially affect the development of child anxiety. Theoretical models propose that anxious parents engage in more anxiety-provoking and less anxietyreducing parenting behavior than non-anxious parents. However, findings are inconsistent, possibly because most studies have not differentiated between anxiety disorders. Therefore, it remains unclear which specific anxiety disorders are linked to parenting behavior. This study examined (1) whether symptoms of specific parental anxiety disorders are linked to overinvolvement and challenging parenting behavior towards infants; and (2) the differential relationship of maternal/paternal overinvolvement and challenging parenting behavior with infant anxiety. Parents of 81 infants (10-15 months) completed the Overinvolvement and Challenging parenting behavior (CPB) scales of the Comprehensive Parenting Behavior Questionnaire, the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Adult version, and the Fear scale of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised. Linear regressions showed that mothers' generalized anxiety disorder symptoms were associated with less CPB and more overinvolvement, whereas fathers' social anxiety disorder symptoms were associated with less CPB and more overinvolvement. Moreover, paternal, but not maternal, CPB was associated with less infant anxiety, and overinvolvement with more infant anxiety. Findings suggest that (1) different dimensions of paternal/maternal anxiety are linked to their parenting behavior; (2) maternal/paternal parenting behaviors are differentially associated with infant anxiety.

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Parental Anxiety, Parenting Behavior, and Infant Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers and Mothers

2014

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“…Despite its inadequacy, it was noted that single fathers are economically steadier than single mothers (Klein & Pellerin, 2004). Additionally, they tend to have a higher average family income and educational background compared to single mothers (Dufur, Anisworth, & Lapray, 2004). The socioeconomic status of a household has been observed as three times more influential than household type (Alderman-Swain & Battle, 2003).…”

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“…Subsequently, both males and females are inclined to have better relationships with their mothers. In a family, mothers often socialize and pass on interpersonal skills to children, whereas fathers are generally seen as being responsible for child disciplining (Dufur, et al, 2004). In comparison to paternal parenting, mother parenting posits greater influence over the adolescent's later development (McKinney & Renk, 2008).…”

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Educational Goals, Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

Baharudin¹,

Yee²,

Jing³

et al. 2010

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The present study examined linkages between educational goals, parenting practices (school involvement and monitoring) of single-mothers and single-fathers, and the academic achievement of their school-going adolescents. Additionally, it sought to examine the differences in educational goals and parenting practices between the single fathers and mothers, as well the parents' differential treatments toward their male and female adolescents. Through Single Mother Associations, we recruited 60 single mothers and snowball 30 single fathers for the study. We found that the parents differ only in terms of educational goals where single fathers had significantly lower goals compared to single mothers. In zero order correlational analyses, we discovered positive relationships between (1) parenting practices and academic achievement of adolescents from both families; (2) fathers' educational goals and their monitoring behaviors; and (3) mothers' educational goals and their school involvement, and monitoring behaviors. Findings from this study accentuate the importance of an active educational socialization process in diverse family settings to promote adolescents' educational success.

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“…The interest in fathers has manifested itself mainly in research on married men raising their children alongside their mothers and on divorced noncustodial fathers. The studies on married men generally focus on fathers in dual earner families, analyzing their parental behavior and comparing it to the mothers' (e.g., Lamb & Lewis, 2010); the studies on divorced noncustodial fathers tend to focus on their involvement in their children's lives *School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. (Bronte-Tinkew, Scott, & Lilja, 2010), their relations with their children's mothers (Cohen & Finzi-Dottan, 2012), and their financial and emotional statuses (Dufur, Howell, Downey, Ainsworth, & Lapray, 2010).…”

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Predictors of Involvement and Warmth of Custodial Fathers in Israel: Comparison with Married and Noncustodial Divorced Fathers

Finzi‐Dottan

Cohen

2015

Family Process

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This study compared the levels and predictors of paternal warmth and involvement of 218 custodial fathers to 222 married fathers and 105 noncustodial (NC) divorced fathers in Israel. The examined predictors were fathers' perceptions of their own fathers; their own caregiving behaviors and parental self-efficacy; and child characteristics and coparental coordination. Results indicated that being a custodial father was associated with more involvement than being a married or NC divorced father. Regression analyses revealed that experience of care with own father predicted fathers' involvement, whereas own father control was related to lower paternal warmth. Lower avoidant caregiving and high paternal self-efficacy predicted both paternal involvement and warmth, whereas perceiving the child as more difficult predicted lower paternal warmth. Higher levels of coparental coordination were associated with more paternal involvement, whereas low coparental coordination was associated with less involvement, primarily among NC divorced fathers. These interactions highlight the distinct paternal behavior of custodial fathers. Unlike married and NC divorced fathers, they showed more warmth, regardless of their avoidant caregiving. Results are discussed in light of the different roles played by fathers in the three groups.

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Sex Differences in Parenting Behaviors in Single‐Mother and Single‐Father Households

Cited by 69 publications

References 36 publications

Parental Anxiety, Parenting Behavior, and Infant Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers and Mothers

Parental Anxiety, Parenting Behavior, and Infant Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers and Mothers

Educational Goals, Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

Predictors of Involvement and Warmth of Custodial Fathers in Israel: Comparison with Married and Noncustodial Divorced Fathers

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