A Time Varying Evaluation of Identity Theory and Father Involvement for Full Custody, Shared Custody, and No Custody Divorced Fathers.
A Time Varying Evaluation of Identity Theory and Father Involvement for Full Custody, Shared Custody, and No Custody Divorced Fathers.
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10.3149/fth.1802.181
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2010
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Degarmo DS
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本研究以230名离异父亲为研究对象，对其子女年龄在4 - 11岁的孩子进行了为期18个月的跟踪调查。研究的问题是：(1)父亲角色的身份显著性和中心性的测量是否可以预测父亲参与的时间？(2)随着时间的推移，父亲参与是否能预测父亲身份？(3)父亲抚养权是否对这些关系起到调节作用？参与以接触频率、亲子活动次数和在亲子互动中观察到的积极参与来评估。比较表明，参与的数量因监护权的不同而不同，但参与的质量差异不大。父亲在参与方面没有表现出显著的平均下降，监护组在参与和身份测量方面的增长率没有差异。然而，在生长速度上存在显著的个体差异，这意味着随着时间的推移，父亲的变化会增加或减少。时间1的父亲身份，以显著性和中心性来衡量，预测每月的天数，每月的过夜时间，以及父亲与孩子随时间的活动。随时间变化的预测因子表明，身份更能预测参与的增长，反之亦然，尽管父亲参与预测显著性和主要中心性。讨论了对实践和未来研究的启示。
This study tested identity theory models of father involvement for 230 divorced fathers of young children aged 4 to 11 followed over 18 months. Research questions were (1) Do measures of identity salience and centrality of the fathering role predict fathering involvement over time? (2) Does father involvement predict fathering identity over time? (3) Does father custody moderate these relationships? Involvement was assessed as contact frequency, number of father-child activities, and positive involvement observed during father-child interaction. Comparisons showed that the quantity of involvement differed by custody but there were few differences in the quality of involvement. Fathers did not exhibit significant mean decreases in involvement and custodial groups did not differ in the growth rates for involvement nor identity measures. However, there were significant individual differences in growth rates, meaning there was variance in fathers increasing and decreasing in measures over time. Time 1 father identities, measured as salience and centrality, predicted days per month, overnights per month, and father child activities over time. Time-varying predictors suggested that identities were more predictive of growth in involvement than vice versa although father involvement predicted salience and primarily centrality. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.