Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 38-45.

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The Effects of Father’s Involvement and Parenting on Children’s Early Social Skills

LIU Li-sha, LI Yan-fang, LV Ying, LI Yan-wei   

  1. Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-15

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Abstract: Compared with mother, father play specific role on children's early social development. With 184 preschoolers aged about 60 months and their parents as the subjects, the present study investigated the impacts of quantity(father's time with child) and quality(positive parenting behaviors) of father's involvement on children's early social skills. Results showed that:(1) After controlling mother's positive behaviors, father's time with child still significantly predicted children's social skills, while paternal positive parenting behaviors did not.(2) After controlling for mother, father's time with child positively predicted girl's cooperation, responsibility, self-control and general social skills, while predicted boy's assertion marginal significantly. Paternal positive behaviors marginal positively predicted boy's assertion only.(3) Father's time with child predicted cooperation, assertion, responsibility, self-control and general social skills, and positive parenting behavior predicted cooperation and general social skills marginal significantly only when mother's positive parenting was lower than average, which indicated that father's involvement could buffer children's social skills against mother's inactive parenting.

Key words: father’s time with child, paternal positive parenting behaviors, early social skills, preschooler

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  • B844.1
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