Tamis-LeMonda Catherine S, Shannon Jacqueline D, Cabrera Natasha J, Lamb Michael E
Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, NY 10003, USA.
Child Dev. 2004 Nov-Dec;75(6):1806-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00818.x.
Father-child and mother-child engagements were examined longitudinally in relation to children's language and cognitive development at 24 and 36 months. The study involved a racially/ethnically diverse sample of low-income, resident fathers (and their partners) from the National Early Head Start evaluation study (n=290). Father-child and mother-child engagements were videotaped for 10 min at home during semistructured free play, and children's language and cognitive status were assessed at both ages. Fathers' and mothers' supportive parenting independently predicted children's outcomes after covarying significant demographic factors. Moreover, fathers' education and income were uniquely associated with child measures, and fathers' education consistently predicted the quality of mother-child engagements. Findings suggest direct and indirect effects of fathering on child development.
在24个月和36个月时，对父子和母子互动与儿童语言及认知发展的关系进行了纵向研究。该研究涉及来自国家早期开端项目评估研究的低收入常住父亲（及其伴侣）的种族/民族多样化样本（n = 290）。在半结构化自由玩耍期间，在家中对父子和母子互动进行了10分钟的录像，并在两个年龄段对儿童的语言和认知状况进行了评估。在对显著的人口统计学因素进行协变量分析后，父亲和母亲的支持性养育方式分别独立预测了儿童的发展结果。此外，父亲的教育程度和收入与儿童指标存在独特关联，且父亲的教育程度始终能预测母子互动的质量。研究结果表明父亲养育对儿童发展有直接和间接影响。
