Toward a reconceptualization of paternal involvement in infancy: The role of maternal gatekeeping

It is proposed that previous studies of the determinants of paternal involvement in infant care have produced equivocal findings due to the failure to consider maternal attitudes with respect to father involvement in child care. This study of paternal involvement employed a two-pronged strategy: (a) a large sample survey of 330 first-time mothers (married) of 3- to 5-month old infants and a subsample of 110 husbands and (b) observational analyses of a subsample of 55 families engaged in triadic and dyadic interactions in their homes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Beitel, Ashley Howard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Parke, Ross D.

• Education, Educational Psychology
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Beitel, Ashley Howard

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9010801
(UMI)AAI9010801

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19523