Fortunato Alexandro, Quintigliano Maria, Franchini Costanza, Lauriola Marco, Speranza Anna Maria
Department of Dynamic, Clinical Psychology and Health, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Pediatr Rep. 2025 Mar 18;17(2):38. doi: 10.3390/pediatric17020038.
The development of children is shaped by a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors, yet the role of fathers remains underrepresented in research. This study contributes to addressing this gap by examining paternal involvement through the Parent-Child Relationship Scale (P-CRS), an observational tool previously validated for mother-child interactions.
The sample included 204 father-child dyads, with children aged 6 months to 5 years (mean age: 43.3 months), encompassing both clinical and non-clinical groups. Experienced clinicians conducted in vivo observations across 4-5 sessions, scoring interactions along three dimensions: parent, child, and interaction.
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) validated the P-CRS's applicability to father-child relationships, confirming its psychometric robustness and alignment with the factors observed in mother-child dyads.
These findings highlight the unique and complementary role of fathers in shaping developmental trajectories and underscore the importance of incorporating fathers in parenting interventions and assessments. Additionally, they demonstrate the P-CRS's effectiveness in capturing the nuanced dynamics of early parent-child relationships. Future research should investigate longitudinal differences in parental roles and expand the P-CRS's application to diverse family structures.
儿童的发展受到生物、心理和社会因素复杂的相互作用的影响，然而父亲的角色在研究中仍未得到充分体现。本研究通过使用亲子关系量表（P-CRS）来考察父亲的参与度，有助于填补这一空白。P-CRS是一种先前已针对母婴互动进行验证的观察工具。
样本包括204对父子，孩子年龄在6个月至5岁之间（平均年龄：43.3个月），涵盖临床和非临床组。经验丰富的临床医生进行了4至5次现场观察，从三个维度对互动进行评分：父母、孩子和互动。
验证性因素分析（CFA）证实了P-CRS在父子关系中的适用性，确认了其心理测量的稳健性以及与母婴二元组中观察到的因素的一致性。
这些发现突出了父亲在塑造发展轨迹中独特且互补的作用，并强调了将父亲纳入育儿干预和评估的重要性。此外，它们证明了P-CRS在捕捉早期亲子关系细微动态方面的有效性。未来的研究应调查父母角色的纵向差异，并将P-CRS的应用扩展到不同的家庭结构。
