A comparison of mother and father involvement with their preschool age children

McBride, Brent A.; Mills, Gail

doi:10.1016/s0885-2006(05)80080-8

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“…To measure caregiving, we used Sherryl Goodman's Parental Responsibility Scale that combines two scales, the McBride and Mills Parental Responsibility Scale and the Montague and Walker-Andrews Child Care Activity Questionnaire (49,50). The measure asks the parent to designate The results are thresholdeded using Bonferroni-corrected P < 0.001, uncorrected P < 1.04 e-08.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testicular volume is inversely correlated with nurturing-related brain activity in human fathers

Mascaro

Hackett²,

Rilling

2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Despite the well-documented benefits afforded the children of invested fathers in modern Western societies, some fathers choose not to invest in their children. Why do some men make this choice? Life History Theory offers an explanation for variation in parental investment by positing a trade-off between mating and parenting effort, which may explain some of the observed variance in human fathers' parenting behavior. We tested this hypothesis by measuring aspects of reproductive biology related to mating effort, as well as paternal nurturing behavior and the brain activity related to it. Both plasma testosterone levels and testes volume were independently inversely correlated with paternal caregiving. In response to viewing pictures of one's own child, activity in the ventral tegmental area-a key component of the mesolimbic dopamine reward and motivation system-predicted paternal caregiving and was negatively related to testes volume. Our results suggest that the biology of human males reflects a trade-off between mating effort and parenting effort, as indexed by testicular size and nurturing-related brain function, respectively. empathy | sperm competition

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testicular volume is inversely correlated with nurturing-related brain activity in human fathers

Mascaro

Hackett²,

Rilling

2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

123

102

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“…"Use of time", diary, and observational studies reveal that fathers typically, in many industrialized nations at least, are available to their children far less frequently than are mothers, and engaged with their children even less (Lamb, 1987;Lewis, 1997;McBride & Mills, 1993;Pleck, 1997). Much of this research relies on self reports from the parents (often only from the mothers), with observational data collected in laboratories more often than in a naturalistic setting, at least in the United States (Dessen & Lewis, 1998;Mackey, 1996;Volling & Belsky, 1991).…”

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Parents' participation in cultural practices with their preschoolers

Tudge

Hayes

Doucet

et al. 2000

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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-In this article we discuss cross-cultural similarities and variations in parents' engagement in the everyday activities in which their preschool-age children engage, focusing on mothers' and fathers' presence in the same setting as their children, the impact of their presence on the types of activities in which the children engaged, and the extent of mothers' and fathers' involvement with their children in those activities. The data were gathered from different societiesthe United States, Korea, Russia, Estonia, and Kenya. They reveal that the children were involved primarily in play (more than in lessons, work, or conversation), and this was unaffected by the presence of either parent. However, parents were relatively less likely to be involved in their children's play than in the other activities. Mothers, not surprisingly, were more likely to be found in the same setting as their children and, even when taking account of their greater presence, were more likely to be involved with their children than were fathers.

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“…Given that fathers are more involved in play and interactive activities with their offspring (e.g., McBride & Mills, 1993;Robinson & Godbey, 1997), the former finding could reflect fathers' direct involvement in promoting their children's skills. Further, with increasing societal expectations of parents to constantly monitor their children, youth sports may be a natural home where fathers feel comfortable being involved (Coakley, 2006).…”

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Family Relationships and Youth Sport: Influence of Siblings and Parents on Youth's Participation, Interests, and Skills

Osai

Whiteman

2017

JAS

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Taking a family systems perspective, the present study investigated how older siblings' and parents' (mothers' and fathers') self-reported interests, skills, and participation in sports predicted younger siblings' attitudes and behaviors in those same domains. Testing social learning principles, we further examined whether family members' influence was stronger when they shared warmer relationships and siblings shared the same gender. Participants included mothers, fathers, and adolescent-aged first and second-born siblings from 197 maritally intact families. Families participated in home interviews as well as a series of 7 nightly phone calls during which participants reported on their daily activities. Across dependent variables, results revealed that parents' and (with one exception) older siblings' qualities were predictive of younger siblings' interests, skills, and participation in sports. Inconsistent with hypotheses, however, family members' influence was not moderated by relational warmth. Discussion highlights the need to examine the socialization processes by which siblings shape each other's sport-related attitudes and activities.

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A comparison of mother and father involvement with their preschool age children

Cited by 255 publications

References 21 publications

Testicular volume is inversely correlated with nurturing-related brain activity in human fathers

Testicular volume is inversely correlated with nurturing-related brain activity in human fathers

Parents' participation in cultural practices with their preschoolers

Family Relationships and Youth Sport: Influence of Siblings and Parents on Youth's Participation, Interests, and Skills

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