Prevalence of Father-Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Physical Aggression in Preschool Children

Autor/inn/en	Paquette, Daniel; Carbonneau, Rene; Dubeau, Diane; Bigras, Marc; Tremblay, Richard E.
Titel	Prevalence of Father-Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Physical Aggression in Preschool Children
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 18 (2003) 2, S.171-189 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Incidence; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; Play; Parent Influence; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Family Environment; Hypothesis Testing; Peer Relationship; Competition; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Spiel; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familienmilieu; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Peer-Beziehungen; Wettkampf; Kanada
Abstract	Three samples of francophone subjects from Quebec (Canada) are used to establish the prevalence of parent-child RTP according to different personal, social and family variables, and to verify if children who engage in more RTP with their father exhibit less physical aggression towards other children and are more competitive without resorting to aggression. Our results showed that 24 to 43% of fathers engaged in RTP with their children on a daily basis, and only 4 to 16% of fathers never do. Moreover, personal characteristics such as the age and sex of the participants seemed to have a greater influence on the frequency of parent-child RTP than variables related for example to work, socio-economic conditions, or the living environment. The hypothesis that children who engage in more RTP with their fathers display less physical aggression towards their peers is invalidated here. We have concluded that it is important that not only RTP frequency, but also and especially indicators of RTP quality be used. Future observational studies of father-child RTP are required in order to do so. Finally, certain preliminary results support the hypothesis that father-child RTP fosters the development of the competition skills in children without using aggression. (Contains 8 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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