Determinants of Paternal Engagement

Investigating Low-Income Fathers' Caregiving, Play, and Verbal Engagement With Infants

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ID2348240
AutoresJessica L Mccaig (0000-0002-3046-2295, Department of Child and Family Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, autor correspondente), Heidi E Stolz (Department of Child and Family Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA), Heidi Stolz (0000-0002-6217-7667, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), J Reimnitz (0000-0002-5130-5942, Department of Child and Family Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA), Megan Baumgardner (0000-0003-1351-6519, Department of Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA), Rebecca G Renegar (0000-0002-7157-8286, Department of Child and Family Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA)
Ano2022
Volume43
Fascículo10
Páginas2556-2576
Data de publicação2022-10-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x211031515
OpenAlexW3181373854
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas43

Extant research highlights the importance of early paternal engagement for children and families. Thus, there is strong support for the exploration of predictors of low-income father engagement. Informed by Belsky's process model of parenting, this study explores contextual determinants of father-infant engagement (i.e., verbal engagement, physical play, and caregiving) including the unique contributions of the child, the father, and the broader social context. We utilized survey data from a sample of 183 non-residential, cohabitating, and married low-income fathers of infants participating in a home-visiting intervention. Results demonstrated that infant age was associated with increased caregiving and verbal engagement, fathers' total work hours were negatively correlated with verbal engagement, fathers' depressive symptoms were linked to increased physical play, and the quality of the coparenting alliance was related to physical play and caregiving. Findings may inform programs designed to promote paternal engagement during infancy

Alliance · Coparenting · Developmental psychology · Extant taxon · Low income · Nonverbal communication · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology

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