Paternal Work Stress and Latent Profiles of Father–Infant Parenting Quality |
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Authors: | W Benjamin Goodman Ann C Crouter Stephanie T Lanza Martha J Cox Lynne Vernon‐Feagans The Family Life Project Key Investigators |
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Institution: | 1. Duke University;2. The Pennsylvania State University*;3. The Pennsylvania State University**;4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill***;5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill**** |
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Abstract: | The current study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to examine the implications of fathers' experiences of work stress for paternal behaviors with infants across multiple dimensions of parenting in a sample of fathers living in nonmetropolitan communities (N = 492). LPA revealed five classes of fathers based on levels of social–affective behaviors and linguistic stimulation measured during two father–infant interactions. Multinomial logistic regression analyses suggested that a less supportive work environment was associated with fathers' membership in multiple lower quality parenting classes. Greater work pressure and a nonstandard work schedule also predicted fathers' membership in the latent parenting classes, although these associations differed depending on the number of hours fathers spent in the workplace. |
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Keywords: | families and work fathers latent class analysis occupational stress paternal employment |
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