Ruppen Jessica, Waldvogel Patricia, Ehlert Ulrike
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland; Central European Network on Fatherhood, Headquarter at University of ViennaVienna, Austria; University Research Priority Program - Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland.
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland; Central European Network on Fatherhood, Headquarter at University of ViennaVienna, Austria.
Front Psychol. 2016 Nov 23;7:1856. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01856. eCollection 2016.
Research shows that implicit motives influence social relationships. However, little is known about their role in fatherhood and, particularly, how men experience their paternal role. Therefore, this study examined the association of implicit motives and fathers' perceived constraint due to fatherhood. Furthermore, we explored their relation to fathers' life satisfaction. Participants were fathers with biological children ( = 276). They were asked to write picture stories, which were then coded for implicit affiliation and power motives. Perceived constraint and life satisfaction were assessed on a visual analog scale. A higher implicit need for affiliation was significantly associated with lower perceived constraint, whereas the implicit need for power had the opposite effect. Perceived constraint had a negative influence on life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling revealed significant indirect effects of implicit affiliation and power motives on life satisfaction mediated by perceived constraint. Our findings indicate that men with a higher implicit need for affiliation experience less constraint due to fatherhood, resulting in higher life satisfaction. The implicit need for power, however, results in more perceived constraint and is related to decreased life satisfaction.
研究表明,内隐动机影响社会关系。然而,人们对其在父亲角色中的作用知之甚少,尤其是男性如何体验他们的父亲角色。因此,本研究考察了内隐动机与父亲因父亲角色而感知到的约束之间的关联。此外,我们还探讨了它们与父亲生活满意度的关系。参与者是有亲生孩子的父亲(n = 276)。他们被要求撰写图片故事,然后对这些故事进行编码,以分析其内隐的亲和动机与权力动机。感知到的约束和生活满意度通过视觉模拟量表进行评估。更高的内隐亲和需求与更低的感知约束显著相关,而内隐权力需求则有相反的效果。感知到的约束对生活满意度有负面影响。结构方程模型显示,内隐亲和动机和权力动机通过感知约束对生活满意度产生显著的间接影响。我们的研究结果表明,内隐亲和需求较高的男性因父亲角色而体验到的约束较少,从而生活满意度更高。然而,内隐权力需求会导致更多的感知约束,并与生活满意度下降有关。