Paternal Work Stress and Latent Profiles of Father-Infant Parenting Quality.
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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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15884Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00826.xPublication Info
Goodman; B, W; Crouter; C, A; Lanza; T, S; ... Investigators, The Family Life Project
Key (2011). Paternal Work Stress and Latent Profiles of Father-Infant Parenting Quality. J Marriage Fam, 73(3). pp. 588-604. 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00826.x. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15884.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Ben Goodman
Research Scientist
Ben Goodman, PhD, is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy
(CCFP) and a senior fellow at the Center for Child & Family Health at Duke University.
He currently serves as the co-director of the Family Connects home visiting programs
at CCFP: Durham Connects. In this capacity, he oversees program evaluation for all
communities implementing Family Connects and leads the impact evaluation

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