In order to examine the influence of fathers' psychological characteristics, demographic characteristics, home characteristics, and children's characteristics in specific areas of fathering of their preschool-age children, 301 fathers were studied. A ...
In order to examine the influence of fathers' psychological characteristics, demographic characteristics, home characteristics, and children's characteristics in specific areas of fathering of their preschool-age children, 301 fathers were studied. A major goal was to examine whether determinants more influential in predicting specific areas of fathering with young children. Data was collected by self reporting on questionnaires. Results indicated that men's psychological characteristics and home characteristics were most influential in the various areas of participation. Fathers' role perception, father's own fathers' fathering that men perceived during their own childhood, marital agreement, feminity, masculinity, self-esteem, job involvement, wives' belief on their husbands' participation in childrearing, and discussion between men and wives on their husbands' participation in childrearing were the chief variables associated with different areas of men's involvement with preschool-age children. Fathers' demographic characteristics except father's income was not found to be significant in accounting for variance.