Father involvement in early child-rearing and behavioural outcomes in their pre-adolescent children: evidence from the ALSPAC UK birth cohort.
BMJ Open
; 6(11): e012034, 2016 11 22.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the nature of paternal involvement in early child-rearing adopting a social developmental perspective, and estimate its effect on behavioural outcomes of children aged 9 and 11â years.SETTING:
The data come from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort recruited in the former county of Avon in the southwest of England.PARTICIPANTS:
Out of the 14â 701 children in this cohort who were alive at 1â year, 10â 440 children were living with both parents at 8â months and were therefore eligible. Outcome data were available for 6898 children at 9â years and 6328 children at 11â years. MAIN EXPOSURE Paternal involvement was measured using factor scores obtained through factor analysis of fathers' responses on their participation in, understanding of, and feelings about their child's early upbringing.OUTCOME:
Behavioural problems were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) total difficulties score.RESULTS:
3 factors were identified in the factoranalysis:
Factor 1 described fathers' emotional response to the child; factor 2 measured the frequency of fathers' involvement in domestic and childcare activities; factor 3 characterised fathers' feelings of security in their role as parent and partner. Children of fathers with high scores on factors 1 and 3 had 14% (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.94, p=0.001) and 13% (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.96, p=0.006), respectively, lower adjusted odds of behavioural problems at 9â years. Factors 1 and 3 were associated with comparable reduction in adjusted odds of behavioural problems at 11â years (OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.98, p=0.017 and OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.99, p=0.034, respectively). Factor 2 was not associated with the outcome.CONCLUSIONS:
Psychological and emotional aspects of paternal involvement in children's early upbringing, particularly how new fathers see themselves as parents and adjust to the role, rather than the quantity of direct involvement in childcare, is associated with positive behavioural outcomes in children.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil
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Poder Familiar
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Relações Pai-Filho
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Pai
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ Open
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido