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Author(s): | Santos, C. Monteiro, L. Torres, N. |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | The role of child’s age, sex, and temperament in father involvement during the pre-school years |
Journal title: | Children |
Volume: | 9 |
Number: | 9 |
Reference: | Santos, C., Monteiro, L., & Torres, N. (2022). The role of child’s age, sex, and temperament in father involvement during the pre-school years. Children, 9(9): 1327. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9091327 |
ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.3390/children9091327 |
Keywords: | Father involvement Child’s age Child’s sex Child’s temperament Preschool |
Abstract: | (1) Background: The aim of the study was to explore how child’s characteristics (age, sex, and temperament) were associated with father’s involvement in child-related activities. In a sample of 410 bi-parental families with pre-school age children. (2) Methods: Dividing the sample into two age groups, OLS regression models were conducted for each dimension of father involvement with child characteristics as predicting variables. (3) Results: for the younger children (3 and 4 years) fathers were more involved in teaching/discipline and played with their more extroverted daughters. With older children (5 and 6 years), fathers were more involved in teaching/discipline and played when children were higher on negative-affectivity. An interaction was found with boys’ higher negative- affectivity, predicting fathers’ higher involvement in teaching and discipline. (4) Conclusions: Our results suggest that children’s characteristics have an impact on what fathers do, particularly in a dimension salient to pre-school years such as teaching/discipline. This can help build tailored empirical-sustained programs aiming to encourage and support fathers’ positive involvement. Keywords: father involvement; child’s age; child’s sex; child’s temperament; preschool |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CIS-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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