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Journal of Child and Family Studies
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies 12/2015

11-02-2015 | Original Paper

Pacific Father Involvement and Early Child Behaviour Outcomes: Findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study

Auteurs: El-Shadan Tautolo, Philip J. Schluter, Janis Paterson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 12/2015

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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between father involvement and their child’s behaviour outcomes amongst a birth cohort of Pacific children and fathers in New Zealand. A birth cohort was established in 2000 from births at Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland where at least one parent was identified as being of Pacific ethnicity and a New Zealand permanent resident. This included 1,376 mothers, 825 fathers, and 1,398 children at baseline. At the 6-years measurement wave, father involvement was measured using the Inventory of Father Involvement, and child behaviour measured using the Child Behaviour Check-list. Internalising and externalising behaviour was related to father involvement in crude and adjusted logistic regression and generalised estimating equation models. 571 Pacific fathers participated at the 6-years measurement wave; most of Samoan (42.9 %) or Tongan (33.5 %) ethnic identification. Overall, 190 (32.1 %) children exhibited clinical or border-line internalising and externalising behaviour. Self-reported father involvement was generally high, but lower involvement was significantly related to increased odds of internalising [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) approximately 1.9, p < 0.001] and externalising (aOR approximately 4.0, p < 0.001) behaviour. Father involvement was significantly associated with child behaviour in Pacific families within New Zealand. Strategies that promote and enable increased father involvement may reduce negative child outcomes amongst Pacific families.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Pacific Father Involvement and Early Child Behaviour Outcomes: Findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study
Auteurs
El-Shadan Tautolo
Philip J. Schluter
Janis Paterson
Publicatiedatum
11-02-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 12/2015
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0151-5

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