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Peer reviewedEasterbrooks, M. Ann; Goldberg, Wendy A. – Child Development, 1984
To determine the impact of quantitative and qualitative aspects of fathering, relationships among father involvement in childrearing, parenting characteristics, and child adaptation were investigated. Results from 70 infants 20 months of age and their parents highlighted the salience of qualitative characteristics of parenting for toddler…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Emotional Response, Fathers, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedCox, Martha J.; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Assessed the impact of parents' marriages on the parenting of firstborn three-month-olds. Concluded that mothers are warmer and more sensitive with infants than fathers are. Fathers hold more positive attitudes toward their infants and their roles as parents when they are in close, confiding marriages. (RH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Family Relationship, Fathers
Peer reviewedBelsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Patterns of mothering and fathering in 72 families were observed longitudinally and from the perspective of the family system when infants were 1, 3, and 9 months old. Findings suggested similarities and differences in mothering and fathering. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Characteristics
Direct linkTamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Shannon, Jacqueline D.; Cabrera, Natasha J.; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Development, 2004
Fatherchild and motherchild engagements were examined longitudinally in relation to children's language and cognitive development at 24 and 36 months. The study involved a raciallyethnically diverse sample of low-income, resident fathers (and their partners) from the National Early Head Start evaluation study (n290). Fatherchild and motherchild…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Play, Mothers, Fathers
Peer reviewedHowes, Paul; Markman, Howard J. – Child Development, 1989
Premarital and postbirth indices of parent's marital relationship were related to child functioning. For mothers, high satisfaction, low conflict, and high communication quality were related to child security of attachment and dependency. For fathers, higher levels of premarital conflict and lower levels of communication quality were positively…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict, Family Relationship
