Fathers in Cultural Context

Shwalb, David W.; Shwalb, Barbara J.; Lamb, Michael E.

doi:10.4324/9780203816004

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“…Although the general trend is that across cultures, males are becoming more involved in their roles as fathers (Shwalb et al, 2013), mothers' involvement still far surpassed that of fathers, as shown in the present study. It would take a substantial ideology shift before shared parenting responsibility becomes the norm in this culture.…”

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“…Specifically, fathers were considered to have engaged in less training, were less involved and showed less warmth towards their children, but were also not as punitive and controlling as mothers were. Although fathers have become more involved with child-rearing across different cultures (Shwalb et al, 2013), the level of participation in parenting by fathers was still far below that of mothers in the Singaporean context. It will probably take a substantial shift in ideology to increase fathers' involvement to be on par with that of mothers, given that the traditional role differentiation between husbands and wives in relation to childcare seems to be very marked in Singapore.…”

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“…2% in 1970 to 75.8% in 2013. Although research across cultures has shown that fathers are increasingly involved in parenting (for a review, see Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013), it is not known how the trend of increased female participation in the labour force may affect men's roles in the home, particularly on issues related to child-rearing in Singapore. This article addressed this knowledge gap by comparing fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare and parenting in Singapore.…”

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Childcare and parenting practices in Singapore: A comparison of fathers’ and mothers’ involvement

Cheung¹,

Hawkins

2014

Journal of Tropical Psychology

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The extent to which fathers and mothers adopted various childcare and parenting practices in Singapore was examined. Interviews were conducted with 530 parent–child dyads (involving 1060 participants), with parents and children (from age 10–12) responding independently and concurrently in separate rooms. Mothers were more likely than fathers to be children's main and preferred caregivers. Fathers reported using less physical punishment than mothers did, and were also perceived to be less warm and accepting by their children. These findings support the view that power assertive discipline may still be compatible with warmth in parenting at least in this culture. In Confucian societies, parenting concepts involving elements of authoritarianism may be seen as a positive sign of concern.

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Childcare and parenting practices in Singapore: A comparison of fathers’ and mothers’ involvement

Cheung¹,

Hawkins

2014

Journal of Tropical Psychology

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“…27,28 However, 1 study included girls only, 28 and both studies were conducted in the United States. 27,28 As motheradolescent and father-adolescent relationships may differ for boys and girls, 19, 30 -33 and vary across cultures, 34 results from these studies may not be generalizable to all adolescents or other countries.…”

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Mother– and Father–Adolescent Relationships and Early Sexual Intercourse

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the prospective associations between mother-adolescent and fatheradolescent relationship quality and early sexual intercourse initiation (ie, ≤16 years) among a large sample of Dutch adolescents. METHODS:Two waves of data from the Rotterdam Youth Monitor, a longitudinal study in the Netherlands, were used. The analysis sample consisted of 2931 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years (Mean age@T1 = 12.5 years, SD = 0.61; Mean age@T2 = 14.3 years, SD = 0.60). Variables were assessed by means of self-report questionnaires. Prospective associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationships and early sexual initiation were assessed by logistic regression analyses, stratified by gender, controlling for various potential confounders. RESULTS:We found that only girls (not boys) having a higher-quality relationship with mothers were significantly less likely to have initiated early sexual intercourse between T1 and T2. Bivariate findings showed that both girls and boys having a higher-quality relationship with their father at T1 were significantly less likely to have engaged in early sexual intercourse between T1 and T2, but when assessed multivariately, these associations were no longer significant, neither for boys nor for girls. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that a higher-quality relationship between adolescents and their parents, especially between mothers and daughters, may help to protect against early sexual initiation. Pediatricians and other health care professionals should be able to explain to parents that early sexual intercourse initiation can be associated with negative health outcomes, but that parents can play an important role in promoting healthy sexual behaviors.

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“…Recent evidence suggests that fathers may help adolescents develop their own sense of identity and autonomy by being more 'peerlike' and more playful (joking and teasing) which is likely to promote more equal and egalitarian exchanges (Larson and Richards, 1994). However, physical play is not such a central part of the father-child relationship in all cultures: motherfather differences in the amount of play are not evident in Sweden or Israeli Kibbutzim and several cultures (India, China, Africa), physical play is less common for either fathers or mothers (Shwalb et al, 2013).…”

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