期刊
JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES
卷 39, 期 2, 页码 328-351出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X16644639
关键词
father involvement; parent report; informant discrepancies; low-income families; parental relationship quality
资金
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01HD042030]
Despite agreement on the value of father involvement in children's lives, research has been limited due to the exclusion of fathers in studies, questionable validity of mothers' reports on father involvement, and simple measures of fathering behavior. Our study extends previous research by comparing reports of father involvement using robust, multidimensional father involvement measures. Data from 113 fathers and 126 mothers reporting on 221 children were used to assess father involvement. Results indicate that fathers reported significantly higher levels of involvement than mothers reported. Findings from hierarchical linear models suggest that race/ethnicity and mothers' reports of positive relationship quality were associated with smaller discrepancies in reports of father involvement, whereas nonmarried partnerships, older children, father residence, and biological status predicted larger discrepancies. Our study demonstrates the importance of obtaining father involvement reports directly from fathers and why father involvement should be assessed as a multidimensional construct to examine fathering behavior.
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