Parental Depression, Relationship Quality, and Nonresident Father Involvement with Their Infants

Autor/inn/en	Paulson, James F.; Dauber, Sarah E.; Leiferman, Jenn A.
Titel	Parental Depression, Relationship Quality, and Nonresident Father Involvement with Their Infants
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 32 (2011) 4, S.528-549 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X10388733
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Fathers; Parent Influence; Parent Child Relationship; Infants; Mothers; Family Structure; Predictor Variables; Severity (of Disability); Interviews; Questionnaires; Child Development; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Individual Characteristics; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Mother; Mutter; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Prädiktor; Schweregrad; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Kindesentwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The role of depression in nonresident fathers' involvement with their infant children is poorly understood. A three-factor model of father involvement was evaluated, and its association with parental relationship quality and depressive symptoms in both parents were tested. Data on 569 families from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study were used. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model of nonresident father involvement, which was then examined in a model consistent with Belsky's determinants of parenting framework. Noncohabitating mothers and fathers evidenced a significant correlation between their quantitative levels of depression. Relationship quality predicted all factors of father involvement and was negatively associated with depression in either parent. Disruptions in relationship quality mediated the link between depression in both parents and reduced father involvement. Perhaps because of depression's association with relationship quality, depressive severity was significantly correlated between nonresident mother and father. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10