Dubowitz H, Black M M, Cox C E, Kerr M A, Litrownik A J, Radhakrishna A, English D J, Schneider M W, Runyan D K
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2001 Nov;6(4):300-9. doi: 10.1177/1077559501006004003.
Research suggests that fathers' involvement in their children's lives is associated with enhanced child functioning. The current study examined (a) whether presence of a father was associated with better child functioning, (b) whether children's perceptions of fathers' support was associated with better functioning, and (c) whether the above association was moderated by the father's relationship to the child, the child's race, and the child's gender. Participants included 855 six-year-old children and their caregivers. Father presence was associated with better cognitive development and greater perceived competence by the children. For children with a father figure, those who described greater father support had a stronger sense of social competence and fewer depressive symptoms. The associations did not differ by child's gender, race, or relationship to the father figure. These findings support the value of fathers' presence and support to their children's functioning. Priorities for future research include clarifying what motivates fathers to be positively involved in their children's lives and finding strategies to achieve this.
研究表明，父亲参与孩子的生活与孩子各方面功能的提升有关。当前的研究考察了：（a）父亲的陪伴是否与孩子更好的功能表现相关；（b）孩子对父亲支持的感知是否与更好的功能表现相关；以及（c）上述关联是否会受到父亲与孩子的关系、孩子的种族和孩子的性别的调节。参与者包括855名六岁儿童及其照顾者。父亲的陪伴与孩子更好的认知发展以及更强的自我效能感相关。对于有父亲形象的孩子来说，那些描述感受到更多父亲支持的孩子有更强的社会能力感且抑郁症状更少。这些关联在孩子的性别、种族或与父亲形象的关系方面并无差异。这些发现支持了父亲的陪伴和支持对孩子功能表现的价值。未来研究的重点包括阐明是什么促使父亲积极参与孩子的生活以及找到实现这一点的策略。
