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Children
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2022
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Inglês
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Suíça
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Abstract/Resumo
(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
Agradecimentos/Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the collaboration of the schools through which families were recruited and all the families who participated and made this study possible.
Palavras-chave
Father involvement,Child’s age,Child’s sex,Child’s temperament,Preschool
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Psicologia - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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UIDB/04810/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UIDB/03125/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
SFRH/BD/138705/2018 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UID/PSI/03125/2021 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |