Modecki Kathryn L, Wilson Melvin N
Department of Psychology, Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University, Box 876005, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA e-mail:
J Child Fam Stud. 2009 Oct;18(5):530-540. doi: 10.1007/s10826-009-9255-0.
We investigated the reported parenting practices of fifty incarcerated African American fathers. Fathers were interviewed using hypothetical vignettes adapted from the Parenting Dimensions Inventory (PDI) and received scores on two parenting practices: responsive and restrictive. Father's individual level (education and length of time spent incarcerated) and family level (number of relationships that have borne children) characteristics were significantly associated with their parenting practices. Based on canonical correlation analysis, on function one, responsive parenting was positively associated with education level and negatively associated with both cumulative incarceration time and more numerous partner fertility. Restrictive parenting was negatively associated with education level and positively associated with both cumulative incarceration time and more numerous partner fertility. Function 2 capitalized on variance in the restrictive parenting predictor that was not utilized in function 1, and likely captured lack of opportunity to parent. On function 2, restrictive parenting was negatively associated with cumulative time spent incarcerated and more numerous partner fertility. In all, results suggest that prison-based education programs should be part of an overall response to incarcerated fathers. These results add to the growing body of research on incarcerated fathers and fragile families.
我们调查了五十名被监禁的非裔美国父亲所报告的育儿方式。使用从育儿维度量表（PDI）改编而来的假设情景对父亲们进行访谈，并在两种育儿方式上获得得分：响应性和限制性。父亲的个人层面（教育程度和被监禁的时长）以及家庭层面（育有子女的伴侣关系数量）特征与他们的育儿方式显著相关。基于典型相关分析，在函数1中，响应性育儿与教育水平呈正相关，与累计监禁时间以及更多伴侣生育数量呈负相关。限制性育儿与教育水平呈负相关，与累计监禁时间以及更多伴侣生育数量呈正相关。函数2利用了在函数1中未被利用的限制性育儿预测变量中的方差，并且可能反映了缺乏育儿机会的情况。在函数2中，限制性育儿与累计监禁时间以及更多伴侣生育数量呈负相关。总体而言，结果表明基于监狱的教育项目应成为对被监禁父亲整体应对措施的一部分。这些结果为关于被监禁父亲和脆弱家庭的日益增多的研究增添了内容。
