Understanding the Contribution of a Father's Warmth on His Child's Social Skills

Abstract

Secondary analyses from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were conducted to investigate whether the impact of father-child relationship quality at 54 months and warmth in the father-child relationship at first grade were related to his child's social skills in the third grade, while controlling for mother-child interaction, father's personality, SES, and attachment. It was further investigated whether warmth in the relationship at first grade mediated the effect of the quality of the relationship on social skills. Participants included 856 families taken from the NICHD Study of Early Child Childcare for secondary analyses. Analyses indicated that the quality of interactions between a father and his 54-month old child was directly related to his child's social skills at 3 rd grade. Latent variable structural equation modeling (SEM) found that the quality of early father-child interactions influences a child's later social outcomes through the development of a warm father-child relationship for daughters but not for sons. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.

Strah i povjerenje u čovjeku

“…Otac je često prva osoba preko koje dijete ulazi u dodir s vanjskim svijetom 27 te upravo on može pomoći djetetu u uspješnom suočavanju s društvenim situacijama, pa tako i sa socijalnim strahovima.…”

“…literatura netko samopouzdan, tada zna kuda i kako želi ići. Osim toga, ista su djeca sposobnija kontrolirati agresivnost te upravljati intenzivnim osjećajima te također imaju veće društvene sposobnosti 33 . Temeljeći se na navedenim istraživanjima te navedenim mislima, zaključujemo kako otac ima vrlo važnu ulogu u tome hoće li se dijete bojati ili će željeti ići prema budućnosti, imati povjerenja u ono što ga još na putu čeka.…”

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

“…These two variables complement one another: Involvement represents a key instrumental component of child care, warmth a major emotional component. They were selected for study in light of extensive research evidence showing the positive impacts of paternal warmth and affection on children's development (e.g., Webster, Low, Siller, & Hackett, 2013;Khaleque & Rohner, 2012). These impacts include: improved social outcomes (e.g., Webster et al, 2013) and school adjustment and achievement (e.g., Sterling Honig, 2008); reduced behavior problems in adolescence (Veneziano, 2003); and better coping with the tasks of this age (e.g., Leidy, 2011).…”

“…They were selected for study in light of extensive research evidence showing the positive impacts of paternal warmth and affection on children's development (e.g., Webster, Low, Siller, & Hackett, 2013;Khaleque & Rohner, 2012). These impacts include: improved social outcomes (e.g., Webster et al, 2013) and school adjustment and achievement (e.g., Sterling Honig, 2008); reduced behavior problems in adolescence (Veneziano, 2003); and better coping with the tasks of this age (e.g., Leidy, 2011). Conversely, studies show that paternal absence may be a crucial predictor of adolescent delinquency (Rohner & Veneziano, 2001) and substance abuse (Campo & Rohner, 1992), and difficulties in psychological adjustment in adulthood (Khaleque & Rohner, 2012).…”

Emerging Bicultural Views of Fatherhood

“…There is a large body of research linking father's engagement with their children to positive child outcomes (Boyd, Ashcraft, & Belgrave, 2006;Byrd-Craven, Auer, Granger, & Massey, 2012;Coley, 2003;Webster, Low, Siller, & Hackett, 2013). However, fatherhood research has been critiqued for the relative inattention to differences in parenting for fathers based on race/ethnicity (Cabrera, West, Shannon, & Brooks-Gunn, 2006).…”