Department of Psychological Sciences.
J Fam Psychol. 2018 Dec;32(8):1005-1014. doi: 10.1037/fam0000470. Epub 2018 Oct 8.
Promoting positive parental engagement (e.g., reading to the child, practicing nursery rhymes with the child, playing with the child) is beneficial for children. Previous research has largely been limited to only maternal reports and relatively affluent families. The current study longitudinally investigated spillover between positive experiences in the mother-father relationship and positive parental engagement using an ethnically and economically diverse sample of parents. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( = 3,780 mother-father dyads)-and guided by family systems theory-we tested a series of path analysis models. Positive relationship experiences predicted positive parental engagement over time (from child's birth-5 years of age) for both mothers and fathers. Furthermore, strength of associations between positive relationship experiences and positive parental engagement largely did not differ based on family structure, poverty, or race. These findings highlight the importance of investigating the mother-father relationship using a family systems framework to better understand positive parental engagement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
促进积极的父母参与（例如，给孩子读书、与孩子一起唱童谣、与孩子玩耍）对孩子有益。以前的研究主要局限于母亲的报告和相对富裕的家庭。本研究使用具有种族和经济多样性的父母样本，从纵向角度调查了父母关系中的积极体验与积极父母参与之间的溢出效应。利用脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究（= 3780 对母子或父子）的数据，并以家庭系统理论为指导，我们测试了一系列路径分析模型。积极的关系体验预测了母亲和父亲在一段时间内（从孩子出生到 5 岁）的积极父母参与。此外，积极的关系体验与积极的父母参与之间的关联强度在很大程度上不受家庭结构、贫困或种族的影响。这些发现强调了使用家庭系统框架来调查父母关系以更好地理解积极父母参与的重要性。（APA 心理文摘数据库记录（c）2018，保留所有权利）。
