A father's supportive presence: Understanding how fathers influence children's developmental outcomes

<p>The present study focuses on how a father's supportive presence during interactions with his child influences his/her social outcomes in adolescence. Ethological theories of attachment provide a theoretical basis for the investigation of father-child interactions because they provide us with an explanation regarding how and why child-caregiver relationships function to influence a child's development and later social functioning. Structural equation modeling was used to construct a theoretical model by which fathering behaviors influence later psychosocial outcomes, particularly impulse control and risky behaviors during adolescence. For boys, supportive mothering behaviors had a greater influence on impulse control than supportive fathering behaviors. The opposite was true for girls. For girls, supportive fathering behaviors had a greater influence on impulse control than supportive mothering behaviors. Impulse control served a partial mediating effect between supportive parenting behaviors and risk-taking behaviors. For sons, supportive mothering behaviors had a significant positive impact on impulse control during adolescence. Conversely, for daughters, supportive fathering behaviors—but not supportive mothering behaviors—had a significant positive impact on impulse control during adolescence. In fact, supportive mothering behaviors had an insignificant effect on daughters' impulse control during adolescence,</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational and School Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Siller, Christina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Linda Webster

• Developmental psychology
• Psychology
• Adolescence
• Developmental outcomes
• Father-child relationships
• Risk-taking
• Education
• Educational Psychology
• School Psychology

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Identifier

9781267506535

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1124