How can we Measure Paternal Involvement ? A Test of the Millennium Cohort Study
How can we Measure Paternal Involvement ? A Test of the Millennium Cohort Study
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我们如何衡量父亲的参与？
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2018
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L. Watt
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衡量父亲参与儿童保育的程度，由于其在社会学和政治辩论中的中心地位，变得越来越重要。然而，界定“父亲参与”一词是复杂的，因为它包括认知、情感和行为领域的多个层面。因此，衡量父亲的参与并不简单，这意味着对它的研究往往是定性的。然而，使用来自英国千禧年队列研究（MCS）的数据-诺曼和埃利奥特（2015年，论文正在准备中）对2000年左右在英国出生的儿童进行的纵向研究创建了一个父亲参与的定量测量。Norman和Elliot对MCS的五次扫描数据进行了因子分析，创建了五个父亲参与的综合指标-每个指标与MCS的一次扫描或抽样儿童的年龄（9个月，3，5，7和11岁的儿童）有关。本文通过对33位来自西北地区的父亲进行定性实验和访谈，检验了诺曼和埃利奥特测量的有效性。在实验中，参与者将MCS儿童保育变量分为他们认为有用的类别，以探索诺曼和埃利奥特量表的概念有效性。然后，参与者被问到，如果MCS变量被用作父亲参与的衡量标准，他们将如何定义这个术语。这项研究的结果验证了诺曼和埃利奥特的措施作为父亲的参与，而不是父亲的参与-定义参与只是一个维度的参与。事实上，研究结果表明，父亲参与的许多重要方面（包括情感关怀，承诺和责任感，以及教学）不包括在MCS变量中，这意味着他们不完全衡量参与。
Measuring paternal involvement in childcare is becoming increasingly important due to its centrality in sociological and political debates. However, defining the term ‘paternal involvement’ is complicated as it comprises multiple dimensions within cognitive, emotional and behavioural domains. Measuring paternal involvement, therefore, is not straightforward, meaning studies of it tend to be qualitative. However, using data from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) – a longitudinal study of children born in Britain around 2000Norman and Elliot (2015, paper in preparation) created a quantitative measure of paternal involvement. Using factor analysis on data from five sweeps of the MCS, Norman and Elliot created five composite measures of paternal involvement – each related to one sweep of the MCS, or age of the child sampled (child at 9 months, 3, 5, 7 and 11 years). This paper tests the validity of Norman and Elliot’s measure by conducting qualitative experiments and interviews with 33 fathers from the North West. In the experiment, participants grouped each of the MCS child-care variables into categories they regarded as useful, to explore the conceptual validity of Norman and Elliot’s scales. Participants were then asked what was missing from the MCS variables if to be used as a measure of paternal involvement, and how they would define the term. Results from this research validate Norman and Elliot’s measure as a measure of paternal engagement rather than paternal involvement – defining engagement as just one dimension of involvement. Indeed, the results show that many important aspects of paternal involvement (including emotional care, feelings of commitment and responsibility, and teaching) are not included in the MCS variables meaning they do not measure involvement entirely.
日本的父亲参与和养育质量
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Kawashima;A.;Nakazawa;J.;& Hart;C.
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