Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 599-606.

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Stability and Association with Toddler’s Behavioral Problems of Father’s Parenting Stress

LIU Ya-peng, ZHANG Guang-zhen, LIANG Zong-bao, DENG Hui-hua, LU Zu-hong   

  1. Key Laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Online:2011-11-15 Published:2011-11-15

Abstract: Using longitudinal design and multiple reporters,the present study aims to investigate the stability and dynamic characteristics of early father's parenting stress and its three subscales,and study whether father's parenting stress at 6 months of infants and at 14 months of toddlers can predict internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems of toddlers aged 24 months.254 fathers completed the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form at two times within an 8-month interval.254 pairs of parents completed the Infant-Toddlers Social and Emotional Assessment of toddlers aged 24 months.Pearson correlation analysis showed that the total father's parenting stress and its three dimensions at 6 months of infants showed moderate association with those at 14 months.Across periods ranged from 6 to 14 months,mean scores of total parenting stress and parenting distress remained unchanged,and stress in parent-child dysfunctional interaction was decreased,while stress in difficult child was increased. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that father's parenting distress of infants aged 6 months predicted the internalizing behavior problems of toddlers aged 24 months,and that of toddlers aged 14 months predicted the externalizing behavior problems of toddlers aged 24 months.Parenting stress in difficult child dimension of children aged 6 and 14 months both predicted the externalizing behavior problems of toddlers aged 24 months.

Key words: father, parenting stress, stability, toddler, behavioral problems

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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