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22-02-2024

Paternal Activation as a Protective Factor against Problem Behaviors in Early Childhood

Auteurs: Julia S. Feldman, Melvin N. Wilson, Daniel S. Shaw

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Abstract

Activation parenting includes behaviors that challenge children to approach novel situations, explore their environments, and take physical and socioemotional risks through a balance of encouragement and limit-setting. Although components of activation parenting have been linked to lower levels of children’s problem behaviors, comprehensive measures of activation parenting and longitudinal research on families from low socioeconomic backgrounds are lacking. The goal of the present study was to test associations between paternal activation parenting at age 3 and children’s externalizing and internalizing problems at age 5 in a sample of low-income, ethnically diverse fathers. Participating fathers (N = 171; 9% Black, 47% white, 8% Latinx; mean household income = $25,145) and their children (51% female) were drawn from the Early Steps Multisite Study. Activation parenting during a teaching task at child age 3 was associated with lower levels of internalizing problems at age 5 and decreases in externalizing problems from baseline (age 2). Implications of the current findings are presented for future research on associations between activation parenting and child problem behaviors, including the potential for the development of prevention and intervention programs.

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Titel: Paternal Activation as a Protective Factor against Problem Behaviors in Early Childhood
Auteurs: Julia S. Feldman
Melvin N. Wilson
Daniel S. Shaw
Publicatiedatum: 22-02-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01179-9

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