Petts Richard J, Knoester Chris
Ball State University.
The Ohio State University.
J Marriage Fam. 2018 Oct;80(5):1144-1162. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12494. Epub 2018 May 3.
Evidence suggests that paternity leave-taking is associated with higher levels of father involvement, but research has been limited in its focus on cross-sectional analyses and indicators of father involvement used. This study utilizes national longitudinal data to examine whether paternity leave-taking is associated with two indicators of father engagement when children are infants, whether paternity leave-taking is associated with trajectories of father engagement during the first few years of a child's life, and whether the relationships between paternity leave and father engagement are explained by fathering commitments and attitudes. Results suggest that longer periods of leave are associated with more frequent engagement in developmental tasks and caretaking when children are infants as well as during the first few years of children's lives. There is also evidence that father attitudes partially explain the relationships between length of paternity leave and father engagement.
有证据表明，休陪产假与父亲更高程度的参与有关，但研究在其对横断面分析和所使用的父亲参与指标的关注上存在局限性。本研究利用全国纵向数据来检验休陪产假是否与孩子为婴儿时父亲参与的两个指标相关，休陪产假是否与孩子生命最初几年中父亲参与的轨迹相关，以及陪产假与父亲参与之间的关系是否由父亲的育儿承诺和态度所解释。结果表明，更长的休假时间与孩子为婴儿时以及孩子生命最初几年中更频繁地参与发展任务和照顾相关。也有证据表明，父亲的态度部分解释了陪产假时长与父亲参与之间的关系。
