Jennifer M Stgeorge
Biographic Data
| ID | 307169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer M Stgeorge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer M |
| FAMILY NAME | Stgeorge |
| SIGNATURE | STGEORGE J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4979-2267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Paternal Affection, Masculinity, and Fathers’ Parenting Self-Efficacy: Findings From an Australian Cohort Study
Parenting self-efficacy refers to the confidence that parents have in their ability to successfully promote children’s development and to overcome parenting challenges. Yet how parenting self-efficacy unfolds in men remains largely unknown. Developmental ecological models of fathering suggest that fathers’ parenting beliefs, such as parenting self-efficacy, develop through a complex interaction of factors. In the present study, we examine two imp…
Screening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers’ mental health through a digital parenting programme
Screening and treatment of maternal perinatal depression is well established, yet existing health care services rarely focus on fathers, and even fewer on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers. This study examined the engagement with the Mood Checker (MC) mental health screening tool among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) fathers enrolled in the SMS4dads/SMS4DeadlyDads programme. The MC prompts self-reflection on parenti…
Predicting children’s social adaptation and academic achievement from father-child preschool rough-and-tumble-play and father involvement in child schooling
Play fighting (rough-and-tumble play) in children: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
Play fighting and chasing in human children - often referred to as rough-and-tumble play, or RTP or R&T - is a common form of play, and one that has the most obvious correspondence to play in many (especially mammalian) non-human species. Unlike object, pretend and sociodramatic play, generally encouraged by teachers and parents, play fighting is viewed in a much more ambivalent way. The role it has in development, and whether this should be view…
Infant-directed Speech by Dutch Fathers: Increased Pitch Variability within and across Utterances
Although both fathers and mothers speak differently in infant-directed speech (IDS) compared to adult-directed speech (ADS), the acoustic characteristics of present-day paternal IDS are still insufficiently understood. To extend this understanding, 11 fathers and 17 mothers in The Netherlands were recorded interacting with their infant (260–476 days old; for IDS) and with an adult experimenter (for ADS). Both fathers and mothers were found to rai…
Male callers to an Australian perinatal depression and anxiety help line—Understanding issues and concerns
There is increasing recognition of the issues facing men in the perinatal period. Vulnerability factors and issues in the partner relationship contribute to mental health risk and can impact the quality of the father–infant relationship. Yet, there is limited understanding of fathers’ help‐seeking when they or their partner are experiencing mental health issues in the context of caring for a new baby. The present study examines fathers’ contacts …
Process evaluation of text-based support for fathers during the transition to fatherhood (SMS4dads): Mechanisms of impact
If the current findings are generalisable then, future mobile health program design and evaluation would benefit from explicit consideration to how both program components and individual cognitive and behavioural processes combine to elicit targeted outcomes
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
Time for work, commuting, and parenting? Commuting parents' involvement with their children
For most Australian parents, there is continuing tension between work and family commitments. This tension is exacerbated by the need not only to have sufficient time available to children in the family but also for that time to be characterized by nurturance and guidance. This article reports on a qualitative study that explored how 21 part-time or full-time working parents, who also commute 10–15 hours a week to work, manage both the quantity a…
Heading Into Fatherhood-Nervously: Support for Fathering From Online Dads
Men are becoming increasingly aware of and keen about the promises of involved fathering, and there is growing recognition of the need to support fathers, especially in the postnatal period. However, there is limited evidence of how best to offer this support. In this article, we investigate a new avenue of support that is gaining popularity in the public health sector: the Internet. Using qualitative methods, we examine messages in an asynchrono…
Practitioners’ understanding of father engagement in the context of family dispute resolution
The 2006 Australian family law reforms preserve the ‘best interests of the child’ as the guiding principle for making decisions about post-separation parenting but also require, with some exceptions, that parents attempt to resolve disputes in the first instance via mediation or ‘family dispute resolution’ processes. In placing greater emphasis on the child’s right to a ‘meaningful’ relationship with both parents after separation, the legislation…
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
Time for work, commuting, and parenting? Commuting parents' involvement with their children
For most Australian parents, there is continuing tension between work and family commitments. This tension is exacerbated by the need not only to have sufficient time available to children in the family but also for that time to be characterized by nurturance and guidance. This article reports on a qualitative study that explored how 21 part-time or full-time working parents, who also commute 10–15 hours a week to work, manage both the quantity a…
Heading Into Fatherhood-Nervously: Support for Fathering From Online Dads
Men are becoming increasingly aware of and keen about the promises of involved fathering, and there is growing recognition of the need to support fathers, especially in the postnatal period. However, there is limited evidence of how best to offer this support. In this article, we investigate a new avenue of support that is gaining popularity in the public health sector: the Internet. Using qualitative methods, we examine messages in an asynchrono…
Play fighting (rough-and-tumble play) in children: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
Play fighting and chasing in human children - often referred to as rough-and-tumble play, or RTP or R&T - is a common form of play, and one that has the most obvious correspondence to play in many (especially mammalian) non-human species. Unlike object, pretend and sociodramatic play, generally encouraged by teachers and parents, play fighting is viewed in a much more ambivalent way. The role it has in development, and whether this should be view…
Male callers to an Australian perinatal depression and anxiety help line—Understanding issues and concerns
There is increasing recognition of the issues facing men in the perinatal period. Vulnerability factors and issues in the partner relationship contribute to mental health risk and can impact the quality of the father–infant relationship. Yet, there is limited understanding of fathers’ help‐seeking when they or their partner are experiencing mental health issues in the context of caring for a new baby. The present study examines fathers’ contacts …
Practitioners’ understanding of father engagement in the context of family dispute resolution
The 2006 Australian family law reforms preserve the ‘best interests of the child’ as the guiding principle for making decisions about post-separation parenting but also require, with some exceptions, that parents attempt to resolve disputes in the first instance via mediation or ‘family dispute resolution’ processes. In placing greater emphasis on the child’s right to a ‘meaningful’ relationship with both parents after separation, the legislation…
Heading Into Fatherhood-Nervously: Support for Fathering From Online Dads
Men are becoming increasingly aware of and keen about the promises of involved fathering, and there is growing recognition of the need to support fathers, especially in the postnatal period. However, there is limited evidence of how best to offer this support. In this article, we investigate a new avenue of support that is gaining popularity in the public health sector: the Internet. Using qualitative methods, we examine messages in an asynchrono…
Time for work, commuting, and parenting? Commuting parents' involvement with their children
For most Australian parents, there is continuing tension between work and family commitments. This tension is exacerbated by the need not only to have sufficient time available to children in the family but also for that time to be characterized by nurturance and guidance. This article reports on a qualitative study that explored how 21 part-time or full-time working parents, who also commute 10–15 hours a week to work, manage both the quantity a…
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
Process evaluation of text-based support for fathers during the transition to fatherhood (SMS4dads): Mechanisms of impact
If the current findings are generalisable then, future mobile health program design and evaluation would benefit from explicit consideration to how both program components and individual cognitive and behavioural processes combine to elicit targeted outcomes
Male callers to an Australian perinatal depression and anxiety help line—Understanding issues and concerns
There is increasing recognition of the issues facing men in the perinatal period. Vulnerability factors and issues in the partner relationship contribute to mental health risk and can impact the quality of the father–infant relationship. Yet, there is limited understanding of fathers’ help‐seeking when they or their partner are experiencing mental health issues in the context of caring for a new baby. The present study examines fathers’ contacts …
Infant-directed Speech by Dutch Fathers: Increased Pitch Variability within and across Utterances
Although both fathers and mothers speak differently in infant-directed speech (IDS) compared to adult-directed speech (ADS), the acoustic characteristics of present-day paternal IDS are still insufficiently understood. To extend this understanding, 11 fathers and 17 mothers in The Netherlands were recorded interacting with their infant (260–476 days old; for IDS) and with an adult experimenter (for ADS). Both fathers and mothers were found to rai…
Predicting children’s social adaptation and academic achievement from father-child preschool rough-and-tumble-play and father involvement in child schooling
Play fighting (rough-and-tumble play) in children: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
Play fighting and chasing in human children - often referred to as rough-and-tumble play, or RTP or R&T - is a common form of play, and one that has the most obvious correspondence to play in many (especially mammalian) non-human species. Unlike object, pretend and sociodramatic play, generally encouraged by teachers and parents, play fighting is viewed in a much more ambivalent way. The role it has in development, and whether this should be view…
Screening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers’ mental health through a digital parenting programme
Screening and treatment of maternal perinatal depression is well established, yet existing health care services rarely focus on fathers, and even fewer on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers. This study examined the engagement with the Mood Checker (MC) mental health screening tool among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) fathers enrolled in the SMS4dads/SMS4DeadlyDads programme. The MC prompts self-reflection on parenti…
Paternal Affection, Masculinity, and Fathers’ Parenting Self-Efficacy: Findings From an Australian Cohort Study
Parenting self-efficacy refers to the confidence that parents have in their ability to successfully promote children’s development and to overcome parenting challenges. Yet how parenting self-efficacy unfolds in men remains largely unknown. Developmental ecological models of fathering suggest that fathers’ parenting beliefs, such as parenting self-efficacy, develop through a complex interaction of factors. In the present study, we examine two imp…
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Distress (2 works)