Psychological Development and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 387-395.

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The Relationship between Paternal Attitudes towards the Role of Father and Father Involvement: The Moderating Effect of Types of Maternal Attitudes

XING Xue-wei1, WU Xin-chun1, HOU Jian-fang1,2, LIU Chang1, CHEN Ling-ling1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Changping NCO school, the Academy of Equipment, Beijing 102249
  • Online:2014-07-15 Published:2014-07-15

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Abstract: To examine the realtionship between the attitudes towards father's role and father involvement and explore the moderating effects of maternal attitudes, Inventory of Parental Attitudes towards the role of father and Inventory of Father Involvement were used to investigate 427 families with preschool children aged 3-7. The results found that the attitudes towards father's importance, motivation and skills for child-rearing could positively predict the father involement. Moreover, the relationship between paternal attitudes of his motivation and father involvement was moderated by types of maternal attitudes, but the relationship between the other dimensions of paternl attitudes and father involvement were not moderated by types of maternal attitudes. When maternal attitude was Refused or Contradicted, father's parenting motivation could positively predict father involvement, and when maternal attitude was Accepted, there was no prediction.

Key words: attitudes towards the role of father, father involvement, types of maternal attitudes, moderation, preschool children

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  • B844.3

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