Mestermann Stefan, Arndt Marie, Fasching Peter A, Beckmann Matthias W, Kratz Oliver, Moll Gunther H, Kornhuber Johannes, Eichler Anna
Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jul 25;11(15):2119. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11152119.
Family influences on child quality of life (QoL) are increasingly understood. Parenting behavior and parent individual psychopathology are among the established predictors of offspring mental health. However, literature often addresses these factors as 'parental', lacking further gender-specific differentiation while predominantly studying maternal aspects. Social and biological fathers are still underrepresented in family research. The aim of this study was to analyze paternal contributions to child well-being. A total of 197 father/mother-dyads gave a standardized self-report on parenting behavior and their own psychopathology at child primary school age (t1; 6-10 y). Ratings were compared mutually and associated with child self-rated QoL at t1 and adolescence (t2; 12-14 y). Fathers and mothers differed in psychopathology and most parenting behavior dimensions (positive parenting, involvement, responsible parenting, poor monitoring, and corporal punishment). Father psychopathology made a relevant predictive contribution to girls' QoL at t2. Boys' t1 QoL was significantly influenced by maternal parenting factors (positivity and corporal punishment). Compared to mothers, fathers are faced with different individual stressors; paternal parenting behavior is different, while fathers' influences are significant, particularly for daughters. Father-addressed pre- and intervention programs in child psychotherapeutic treatment are of high relevance.
家庭对儿童生活质量（QoL）的影响越来越受到关注。养育行为和父母个体的精神病理学是已确定的后代心理健康预测因素。然而，文献中往往将这些因素视为“父母的”，缺乏进一步的性别特异性区分，且主要研究母亲方面。社会父亲和生物学父亲在家庭研究中的代表性仍然不足。本研究的目的是分析父亲对儿童幸福感的贡献。共有197对父亲/母亲二元组在孩子小学年龄（t1；6 - 10岁）时就养育行为和他们自己的精神病理学情况给出了标准化的自我报告。相互比较评分，并将其与孩子在t1和青春期（t2；12 - 14岁）时的自我评定生活质量相关联。父亲和母亲在精神病理学和大多数养育行为维度（积极养育、参与、尽责养育、监管不力和体罚）上存在差异。父亲的精神病理学对女孩在t2时的生活质量有显著的预测作用。男孩在t1时的生活质量受到母亲养育因素（积极性和体罚）的显著影响。与母亲相比，父亲面临不同的个体压力源；父亲的养育行为不同，而父亲的影响是显著的，特别是对女儿。在儿童心理治疗中针对父亲的预防和干预项目具有高度相关性。
