Father Involvement and Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Families of Children with Disabilities or Delays
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| Title: | Father Involvement and Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Families of Children with Disabilities or Delays |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Laxman, Daniel J., McBride, Brent A., Jeans, Laurie M., Dyer, William J., Santos, Rosa M., Kern, Justin L., Sugimura, Niwako, Curtiss, Sarah L., Weglarz-Ward, Jenna M. |
| Source: | Grantee Submission. 2015 19:1078-1086. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Institute of Education Sciences (ED) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R324A120174 T32HD007489 P30HD003352 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Mothers, Fathers, Child Rearing, Parent Participation, Depression (Psychology), Children, Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Infants, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Structural Equation Models, Correlation, Play, Literacy, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Socioeconomic Status, Symptoms (Individual Disorders) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10995-014-1608-7 |
| Abstract: | This study examined the longitudinal association between fathers' early involvement in routine caregiving, literacy, play, and responsive caregiving activities at 9 months and maternal depressive symptoms at 4 years. Data for 3,550 children and their biological parents were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort data set. Analyses in a structural equation modeling framework examined whether the association between father involvement and maternal depressive symptoms differed for families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and for families of children with other disabilities or delays from families of children who were typically developing. Results indicated that father literacy and responsive caregiving involvement were associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms for mothers of children with ASD. These findings indicate that greater father involvement may benefit families of children with ASD and highlight the need to support and encourage service providers to work with fathers. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | ED576222 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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