School of Life.
J Fam Psychol. 2009 Dec;23(6):900-904. doi: 10.1037/a0016438.
The purpose of the current study was to explore how mother's and father's connectedness and involvement individually and collectively influence the lives of their children. Specifically, we asked how fathers' and mothers' parent-child connectedness and behavioral involvement influenced both problem behaviors (externalizing and internalizing behaviors) and positive outcomes (prosocial behaviors and hope) during early adolescence. Data for this study were taken from the Flourishing Families Project, from which 349 mothers and fathers were selected, along with their early adolescent child (mean age = 11.23 years, SD = .96). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed (even after controlling for child age, gender, and self-regulation) that mothers' and fathers' contributions differed, primarily as a function of child outcome. Namely, father (but not mother) connectedness and involvement were negatively related to adolescents' internalizing and externalizing behaviors, whereas mother (but not father) connectedness and involvement were positively related to adolescents' prosocial behaviors and hope. We also found that when one parent's involvement was low (for whatever reason), the other parent's involvement made a significant and important contribution to the child's well-being, particularly in the area of internalizing behaviors.
本研究旨在探讨父母的联系和参与如何分别和共同影响孩子的生活。具体而言，我们想知道父亲和母亲的亲子联系和行为参与如何影响青少年早期的问题行为（外化和内化行为）和积极结果（亲社会行为和希望）。本研究的数据来自于“繁荣家庭项目”，其中选择了 349 位母亲和父亲及其青少年早期的孩子（平均年龄=11.23 岁，标准差=0.96）。分层回归分析显示（即使在控制了孩子的年龄、性别和自我调节后），父母的贡献不同，主要是因为孩子的结果不同。具体来说，父亲（而不是母亲）的联系和参与与青少年的内化和外化行为呈负相关，而母亲（而不是父亲）的联系和参与与青少年的亲社会行为和希望呈正相关。我们还发现，当一方父母的参与度较低（无论出于何种原因）时，另一方父母的参与对孩子的幸福感有重要贡献，特别是在内化行为方面。
