Bocknek Erika London, Brophy-Herb Holly E, Fitzgerald Hiram E, Schiffman Rachel F, Vogel Cheri
Wayne State University.
Infant Ment Health J. 2014 Jul-Aug;35(4):309-21. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21454.
The current study, utilizing data from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project (Love et al., 2005) explored the relationship between biological father presence and emotion regulation over toddlerhood among children from low-income families. Conceptualizing biological father presence as a proxy for family role development, results are interpreted from a role development theoretical perspective. The latent growth curve model was compared based on child ethnoracial status (African American, Caucasian, Hispanic) and child gender. Consistent biological father presence was associated with toddlers' regulatory development across toddlerhood, and this relationship was most robust among Caucasian toddlers as compared to African American toddlers. Findings for Hispanic toddlers were not significantly different from those of Caucasian or African American families. Results bolster the literature on father presence and child outcomes. Analyses address consistency in father presence as a proxy for coherent role development and define a link between consistent father presence and children's regulatory development, demonstrating ethnoracial differences which are likely attributed to the social construction of family roles.
当前的研究利用了国家早期开端研究与评估项目（洛夫等人，2005年）的数据，探讨了低收入家庭儿童在幼儿期生父陪伴与情绪调节之间的关系。将生父陪伴概念化为家庭角色发展的一个指标，研究结果从角色发展理论的角度进行解读。基于儿童的种族（非裔美国人、白种人、西班牙裔）和性别，对潜在增长曲线模型进行了比较。生父的持续陪伴与幼儿期儿童的调节能力发展相关，与非裔美国幼儿相比，这种关系在白种幼儿中最为显著。西班牙裔幼儿的研究结果与白种或非裔美国家庭的结果没有显著差异。研究结果支持了有关父亲陪伴与儿童成长结果的文献。分析探讨了作为连贯角色发展指标的父亲陪伴的一致性，并确定了持续的父亲陪伴与儿童调节能力发展之间的联系，揭示了可能归因于家庭角色社会建构的种族差异。
