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Parental Childrearing Attitudes as Correlates of Father Involvement During Infancy
Author(s) -
Gaertner Bridget M.,
Spinrad Tracy L.,
Eisenberg Nancy,
Greving Karissa A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00424.x
Subject(s) - authoritarianism , developmental psychology , psychology , child rearing , parenting styles , social psychology , politics , political science , law , democracy
Using daily diary data to document involvement with infants at 6 – 8 months of age ( n = 142) and 6 months later ( n = 95), we examined relations between reported childrearing attitudes and resident fathers’ relative (as compared to mothers’) involvement with children. Fathers’ authoritarian views related negatively to their relative involvement on weekdays, and this relation held over time for caregiving and playing activities. Mothers’ protective attitudes had concurrent negative associations with fathers’ relative weekend involvement. Findings suggest that fathers’ authoritarian and mothers’ protective attitudes relate to how parenting responsibilities are shared within families and may be detrimental to how much fathers become, or choose to become, directly involved in the care of their infants in comparison to mothers.