Conditional fatherhood: Identity theory and parental investment theory as alternative sources of explanation of fathering
Conditional fatherhood: Identity theory and parental investment theory as alternative sources of explanation of fathering
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00394.x
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
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6
通讯作者：
Bruce, C
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作者：
Fox, GL;Bruce, C
两个替代的理论模型的养育，身份理论和父母的投资理论，调查的来源，解释男性的父亲的态度和行为。父亲的四个方面进行了探讨：反应，苛刻。行为参与和情感参与。从身份理论的概念可操作的预测包括父亲角色的突出性，角色满意度，并反映评价。从父母投资理论，概念包括投资最大化，或有承诺，和亲子关系的确定性。使用电话调查大坝从一个以社区为基础的概率样本的208个父亲，每一个父亲的四个单独的指标和一个复合的父亲的措施回归对理论预测的分层回归分析。这两个理论模型是显着的，与身份理论的预测占更大比例的方差比父母投资理论的预测。这项研究强调了社会心理变量的重要性，以了解男子对子女的承诺的变化。
Two alternative theoretical models of parenting, identity theory and parental investment theory, are investigated as sources of explanation of men's fathering attitudes and behaviors. Four dimensions of fathering are explored: responsivity, harshness. behavioral engagement, and affective involvement. Concepts from identity theory operationalized as predictors include father role salience, role satisfaction, and reflected appraisals. From parental investment theory, concepts included investment maximization, contingent commitment, and paternity certitude. Using telephone survey dam drawn from a community-based probability sample of 208 fathers, each of the four individual indicators of fathering and a composite fathering measure were regressed against the theoretical predictors in hierarchical regression analyses. Both theoretical models were significant, with identity theory predictors accounting for a greater proportion of variance than the parental investment theory predictors. This study underlines the importance of social psychological variables to understanding variations in men's commitments to children.