Father Involvement in Intact Families and Stepfamilies

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dc.contributor.authorGlover, Marshaun Benjaminen
dc.contributor.committeechairDeater-Deckard, Kirbyen
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Russell T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFinney, Jack W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:51Zen
dc.date.adate2007-08-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:51Zen
dc.date.issued2007-05-01en
dc.date.rdate2007-08-16en
dc.date.sdate2007-05-09en
dc.description.abstractFather involvement was examined multidimensionally using fathers' and children's reports. A total of 61 fathers and 143 children (intact families and stepfather families) from the Avon Brothers and Sisters Study (ABSS) participated in the current study. Measures of father involvement including engagement in shared activity, monitoring, positivity, and negativity were completed by fathers and children. Agreement between father and child reports of involvement was assessed, involvement was compared between biological fathers and stepfathers, and involvement was predicted statistically using father and child factors (e.g., age, gender). There were modest significant associations between fathers' and children's reports of monitoring of positive events, and father-child positivity. Compared to biological fathers, stepfathers did less monitoring of positive events, and were less positive towards their children. Biological relatedness was a significant predictor of monitoring positive events, monitoring negative events, and positivity. Consistent with previous theoretical and empirical accounts, this study demonstrated that being biologically related to your child influences the level of involvement in fathers.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05092007-123828en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092007-123828/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32437en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartGlover.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnegativityen
dc.subjectpositivityen
dc.subjectmonitoringen
dc.subjectfather involvementen
dc.subjectshared activityen
dc.titleFather Involvement in Intact Families and Stepfamiliesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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