Fathers' Sensitive Guidance Moderates the Association between Coparenting and Behavioral Regulation in Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Baptista, Joana; Sousa, Diana; Soares, Isabel; Martins, Carla
Titel	Fathers' Sensitive Guidance Moderates the Association between Coparenting and Behavioral Regulation in Preschoolers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42 (2018) 6, S.574-580 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025418761816
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Child Behavior; Self Control; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Relationship; Verbal Ability; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Parent Child Relationship; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Selbstbeherrschung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mündliche Leistung; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine the links between paternal sensitive guidance, coparenting, and child behavioral regulation. It also aimed to assess whether paternal sensitive behaviors moderate the putative relationship between cooperative coparenting and child regulatory abilities. The sample comprised 70 preschoolers and their fathers. Behavioral regulation was assessed using the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task. For the assessment of paternal sensitive guidance, dyads were videotaped during a picture-book reading task. Fathers reported coparenting cooperation. Results revealed that coparenting predicted behavioral regulation, even after accounting for verbal ability and parental education. No significant links emerged between fathers' sensitive guidance and regulatory skills. However, the interaction of coparenting and paternal sensitive behaviors predicted behavioral regulation: a lower score on cooperative coparenting was linked to more regulatory difficulties, when coupled with lower levels of paternal sensitive guidance. Intervention programs, designed to promote child self-regulation, should be focused on strategies aimed to improve both the cooperation between parents and the quality of individual parenting. Efforts should be made to include fathers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01