TY - JOUR
T1 - New fathers' parenting quality
T2 - Personal, contextual, and child precursors
AU - Altenburger, Lauren E.
AU - Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Pennsylvania State University-Shenango, or The Ohio State University. Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, Texas, in April 2017. Preliminary findings were also presented as part of the first author's dissertation research at The Ohio State University in March 2018. The New Parents Project was funded by the National Science Foundation (CAREER 0746548, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan), with additional support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD; 1K01HD056238, Kamp Dush), and The Ohio State University's Institute for Population Research (NICHD R24HD058484) and program in Human Development and Family Science. We also acknowledge Claire M. Kamp Dush's invaluable contributions to the design and execution of the New Parents Project. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Funding Information:
This article and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Pennsylvania State University–Shenango, or The Ohio State University. Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, Texas, in April 2017. Preliminary findings were also presented as part of the first author’s dissertation research at The Ohio State University in March 2018. The New Parents Project was funded by the National Science Foundation (CAREER 0746548, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan), with additional support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD; 1K01HD056238, Kamp Dush), and The Ohio State University’s Institute for Population Research (NICHD R24HD058484) and program in Human Development and Family Science. We also acknowledge Claire M. Kamp Dush’s invaluable contributions to the design and execution of the New Parents Project. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Fathers' high-quality parenting behaviors support the development of positive social and emotional adjustment in children. However, a complete understanding of individual differences in fathers' parenting quality requires considering multiple precursors to parenting in the same model. This study examined associations of three classes of predictors with fathers' parenting quality: personal (i.e., personality, intuitive parenting behavior, and progressive beliefs), contextual (i.e., supportive coparenting, romantic relationship quality, job satisfaction), and child characteristics (i.e., temperament). These predictors of observed parenting quality (i.e., sensitivity, emotional engagement, positive regard) were examined among 182 fathers who transitioned to parenthood in 2008-2010. Results from structural equation modeling analyses indicated that fathers who showed higher-quality parenting behavior with their 9-month-old infants were those who demonstrated greater intuitive parenting behavior prior to their child's birth, reported greater conscientiousness, reported greater openness to experience, and had more supportive coparenting relationships with their partners at 3 months postpartum. Implications for future research on fathers' parenting and applications to prevention and intervention programs for expectant and new parents are discussed.
AB - Fathers' high-quality parenting behaviors support the development of positive social and emotional adjustment in children. However, a complete understanding of individual differences in fathers' parenting quality requires considering multiple precursors to parenting in the same model. This study examined associations of three classes of predictors with fathers' parenting quality: personal (i.e., personality, intuitive parenting behavior, and progressive beliefs), contextual (i.e., supportive coparenting, romantic relationship quality, job satisfaction), and child characteristics (i.e., temperament). These predictors of observed parenting quality (i.e., sensitivity, emotional engagement, positive regard) were examined among 182 fathers who transitioned to parenthood in 2008-2010. Results from structural equation modeling analyses indicated that fathers who showed higher-quality parenting behavior with their 9-month-old infants were those who demonstrated greater intuitive parenting behavior prior to their child's birth, reported greater conscientiousness, reported greater openness to experience, and had more supportive coparenting relationships with their partners at 3 months postpartum. Implications for future research on fathers' parenting and applications to prevention and intervention programs for expectant and new parents are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/fam0000753
DO - 10.1037/fam0000753
M3 - Article
C2 - 32567880
AN - SCOPUS:85086857028
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 34
SP - 857
EP - 863
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 7
ER -
