Fishbein E G
Health Care Women Int. 1990;11(1):109-15. doi: 10.1080/07399339009515879.
Significant change in the social roles played by American women has occurred during the past two decades. Recent research literature suggests, however, that attitudinal change may be lagging significantly behind the profound changes in behavior. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether expectant couples who hold more egalitarian views toward women's roles prior to the birth of a first child expect the new father to be more involved in the care of his own infant. A demographic questionnaire, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (Spence & Helmrich, 1972), and the Projected Paternal Behavior Scale (Alter, 1978) were administered to 103 prenatal couples between the sixth and eighth months of pregnancy. Findings confirmed a significant correlation between both expectant fathers' and expectant mothers' egalitarian views toward women's roles and their projections of the father's participation in the care of his infant. More liberal attitudes toward women's roles were also associated with increased age, higher combined family income, and increased levels of education.
在过去二十年里，美国女性所扮演的社会角色发生了重大变化。然而，近期的研究文献表明，态度的转变可能远远滞后于行为上的深刻变化。本研究的目的是调查在头胎出生前，对女性角色持有更平等主义观点的准父母是否期望新爸爸更多地参与到照顾自己婴儿的过程中。在怀孕第六至八个月期间，对103对准父母进行了人口统计问卷调查、《对女性态度量表》（斯彭斯和赫尔姆里希，1972年）以及《预计父亲行为量表》（阿尔特，1978年）的测试。研究结果证实，准爸爸和准妈妈对女性角色的平等主义观点与他们对父亲参与照顾婴儿的预期之间存在显著相关性。对女性角色更开放的态度也与年龄增长、家庭总收入增加以及教育水平提高有关。
