Gryczkowski Michelle, Jordan Sara Sytsma, Mercer Sterett H
Department of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2018 Jun;49(3):409-419. doi: 10.1007/s10578-017-0759-3.
Using multilevel modeling, we separately examined the relations between mothers' and fathers' parenting practices and children's prosocial behavior, as well as the moderating roles of child sex, age, and ethnicity. Participants included a diverse community sample of 129 cohabiting couples with a child aged 6-17. Results indicated that paternal positivity and corporal punishment were significantly related to girls', but not boys', prosocial behavior, and paternal involvement was related to prosocial behavior in school-aged children but not adolescents. Greater levels of positivity in both parents were related to more prosocial behavior in Caucasian children and less in African American children. Overall, the findings suggest that fathers' parenting is important and may differentially influence children of different sexes and ages, underscoring the importance of examining both mothers' and fathers' parenting in relation to child outcomes and with diverse samples. Findings also highlight the need for culturally appropriate measures of parenting.
我们运用多层次模型，分别考察了母亲和父亲的育儿方式与孩子亲社会行为之间的关系，以及儿童性别、年龄和种族的调节作用。参与者包括来自不同社区的129对同居夫妇及其6至17岁的孩子。结果表明，父亲的积极态度和体罚与女孩而非男孩的亲社会行为显著相关，父亲的参与度与学龄儿童而非青少年的亲社会行为相关。父母双方更高水平的积极态度与白人儿童更多的亲社会行为相关，而与非裔美国儿童较少的亲社会行为相关。总体而言，研究结果表明父亲的育儿方式很重要，可能会对不同性别和年龄的孩子产生不同影响，强调了考察母亲和父亲的育儿方式与孩子成长结果以及不同样本之间关系的重要性。研究结果还凸显了采用适合不同文化背景的育儿方式测量方法的必要性。
