Demaris Alfred, Mahoney Annette, Pargament Kenneth I
Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
J Marriage Fam. 2011 Apr;73(2):354-368. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00811.x.
Considerable debate exists regarding whether religiousness promotes or impedes greater father involvement in parenting. Our study addresses this issue using a Midwestern longitudinal dataset that tracks the transition to first parenthood for 169 married couples. We focus on performance of the "messier" tasks of infant care. We find little evidence that religiousness enhances father involvement in this domain. Biblically conservative couples exhibit a greater gender gap in childcare than others, with mothers more involved than fathers. The gender gap is also greater the more fathers work outside the home, the greater mothers' knowledge of infant development, and the more unadaptable the infant. Average daily childcare is lower the greater spouses' work hours, but higher with difficult pregnancies or fussy babies.
关于宗教信仰是促进还是阻碍父亲更多地参与育儿，存在着相当多的争论。我们的研究使用了一个中西部纵向数据集来解决这个问题，该数据集跟踪了169对已婚夫妇首次为人父母的转变过程。我们关注的是婴儿护理中“更麻烦”任务的执行情况。我们几乎没有发现证据表明宗教信仰会增强父亲在这一领域的参与度。在育儿方面，圣经保守派夫妇比其他夫妇表现出更大的性别差距，母亲比父亲参与度更高。当父亲在外工作的时间越长、母亲对婴儿发育的了解越多以及婴儿越难适应时，性别差距也越大。配偶的工作时间越长，平均每日育儿时间就越低，但如果怀孕困难或婴儿爱哭闹，平均每日育儿时间则会更高。
