FATHER-CHILD PLAY DURING THE PRESCHOOL YEARS AND CHILD INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS

Autor(en)

Lieselotte Ahnert, Lukas Teufl, Nina Ruiz, Bernhard Piskernik, Barbara Supper, Silke Remiorz, Alexander Gesing, Katja Nowacki

Abstrakt

Play observations with a total of 400 toddlers and preschoolers were videotaped and rated for Intensity and Quality of play with their parents. Parents were asked about perceived stress and personality characteristics (Big 5). Child's motor, cognitive skills, temperament, and internalizing behaviors were assessed. Study 1 investigated the robustness of play across child age and gender, and examined differences between fathers and mothers. Study 2 explored the vulnerability of play with fathers of children born preterm (PT-fathers) and fathers who had experienced adverse childhoods (AC-fathers). Study 3 investigated child internalizing behaviors. Intensity of play was maintained almost independently of child age and gender. It was similar for AC- and PT-fathers, and similar to maternal Intensity. In contrast, paternal Quality of play was higher with boys and independent of fathers’ personality and perceived parenting stress whereas maternal Quality of play was higher with girls and linked to mothers’ perceived parenting competence, acceptability of the child, and neuroticism. AC-fathers scored significantly low on Quality, as did PT-fathers, but the Quality of their play became better with growing child age, birth weight, and cognitive (but not motor and temperament) scores. Finally, child internalizing behaviors were negatively related to paternal Quality of play.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Fachhochschule Dortmund

Journal

Infant Mental Health Journal

Band

38

Seiten

743-756

Anzahl der Seiten

14

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21679

Publikationsdatum

11-2017

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501005 Entwicklungspsychologie, 501009 Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Psychiatry and Mental health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/e7f14c58-a9e6-4e3f-b2ca-87b62f040da4