Parental Involvement in Child’s Development: Father vs. Mother

This study aims to investigate on Malaysian young adults’ perceived father and mother involvement. A questionnaire survey with Father Involvement Scale, and Mother Involvement Scale was carried out on 100 male and 100 female local university and college student aged 18 and 25 years old. The findings show that mothers engaged more in expressive and mentoring/advising involvement as compared to fathers. However, there is no difference between fathers and mothers in instrumental involvement. This study gives us a better understanding on the pattern of parental involvement in Malaysia and hence helps to promote better parent-child relationship.

Fathers’Parenting Practices and the Children’s Approaches to Learning From Three Through Five Years;A Case of Mityana District,Uganda

The Approaches to Learning addresses how children learn-this includes children’s attitudes and interests in learning.This domain reflects behaviours and attitudes such as curiosity,problem-solving,maintaining attention and persistence.The research study focused on examining the fathers’parenting practices and the children’s approaches to learning from three through five years.The study used a cross sectional research design and data was generated using focal group discussions,interview guides and child behaviour rating scale on how fathers’parenting practices contribute to children’s approaches to learning.Results revealed that,Fathers’parenting practices and Children’s curiosity were found to have a very positive relationship(r=0.396,p<0.05).Fathers’parenting practices and children’s learning were found to have a significant positive relationship(r=0.420,p<0.05).Findings also indicated that fathers’parenting practices and children’s creativity were found to have an average positive relationship(r=0.379,p<0.05).Arising out of the findings,the study recommended that fathers’parenting programs be put in place to help them up bring the child in holistic manner.

The Association between Home Literacy Environment and Children Literacy Outcomes: Fathers' involvement

Home Literacy Environment(HLE)is an important factor to influence children’s literacy abilities.The study was to look into previous studies on HLE and to propose the future direction on the relationship between fathers’involvement in HLE and children’s literacy outcomes.

Parental involvement and gender differences in the psychological profile of freshmen collegiate athletes

Background： The parent-to-child influences can be adaptive and contribute to the optimal psychological well-being and positive perception of the athlete. Contrary to the healthy parental involvement, a family can also have negative effects on an athlete development. The purpose of this study was to determine gender, father involvement, and mother involvement differences in the psychological profiles of collegiate freshmen athletes as measured by perfectionism, physical self-concept, and psychological well-being. Methods： Eighty-two male and 73 female collegiate freshmen responded to self-reported measures of family involvement, perfectionism, physical self-concept, and psychological well-being. Three separate 2 x 2 x 2 （gender x mother involvement x father involvement） factorial multivariate analysis of variance （MANOVAs） were carried out on the respective subscales from the reported measures. Results： There were significant differences for gender as well as father involvement in perfectionism （p 〈 0.01）. Freshmen females had lower concern over mistakes, and greater levels of organization as well as planfulness than males. Furthermore, freshmen athletes with high involved fathers showed greater levels of high standards for others as well as organization. Conclusion： Father involvement and mother involvement impact perfectionism, physical self-concept, and psychological well-being. perspective. extends through the freshmen year in college as shown in the athletes＇ Future research should develop better measures and utilize a family systems Copyright @ 2012, Shanghai University of Sport. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Practice and Reflection on the Involvement of Parents in Daily Management of Senior High Schools

As education is receiving more and more attention as well as extensive participation in today's society,parents have increas-ingly become an indispensable part of education.It is legally necessary for parents to be involved in daily management of senior highschools,which is of positive significance.Specifically,they can help to improve the decision-making of schools,coordinate the relation-ship between the school and parents,and increase their own recognition and understanding of the school,thus contributing to the con-struction of a harmonious educational environment.There are many challenges and problems for parents to be involved in the daily man-agement of senior high schools,including,the excessive participation in school management by parents,the irrational structure of schoolmanagement staff with the participation of parents,contradictions caused by different subjects concerned by the parent committee,andthe superficial and passive characteristics of parents' involvement in school management.On this basis,the following improvement mea-sures are specially put forward:establishing a sound system to guarantee the implementation of measures,ensuring the participation ofall levels of parents,and giving parents the right to speak,setting up and improving the training system targeted at parents,and enhanc-ing the media platform that allows public opinions to be expressed freely.

The Relationship among Chinese Adolescents’ Parental Involvement, Core Self-Evaluation and School Adaptation

The present study discusses the relationship among Chinese adolescents’parental involvement,core self-evaluation,and school adaptation.The Parental Involvement Behavior Questionnaire,Core Self-Evaluations Scale(CSES),and the School Adaptation Inventory were used to survey 1258 Chinese middle school students.The results showed that adolescents’school adaptation was significantly positively correlated with parental involvement and core self-evaluation.Furthermore,parental involvement and core self-evaluation were positively correlated.Mediation analysis found that core self-evaluation had partially mediated the relationship between adolescents’parental involvement and school adaption.Parental involvement could directly affect adolescents’school adaptation and indirectly affect school adaptation through the mediating effect of core self-evaluation.The present study results suggested that parents and educators could improve adolescents’school adaptation by increasing parental involvement and enhancing the adolescents’core self-evaluation.

A Study of the Effects of the Parental Involvement on Adolescent Truancy: A Structural Modeling Investigation Examining Parental Involvement

The purpose of this study was to examine how parental involvement influences their adolescents’school truancy.Structural Equation Modeling(SEM)was utilized to explore the relationships among four dimensions of parental involvement,individual and family characteristics,and school truancy.The findings confirm the initial hypotheses that parental involvement has positive effects on adolescent truancy.The effects of parental involvement on school truancy,however,differed according to the dimensions of that involvement and adolescents’background characteristics.

Parenting preschoolers with autism: Socioeconomic influences on wellbeing and sense of competence

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that parents raising a child with autism experience higher levels of psychological distress than parents of typically developing children and parents of children with other developmental disorders. Little is known, however, about the intersection between the effects of socioeconomic status(SES) on the wellbeing and sense of parental competency of parents of preschoolers with autism and how it relates to child symptom severity.AIM To examine the relationship between their child's symptom severity, SES, as measured by neighbourhood advantage and occupational status, on the psychological wellbeing and perceived parenting competence among parents of preschoolers with autism.METHODS Parents of 117 preschool-aged children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder(ASD), 107 mothers and 54 fathers, completed questionnaires about their child's symptoms of ASD and functioning, their own perceptions of their wellbeing and parental competence on entry to an early intervention program in Sydney, Australia. Parents also provided demographic information pertaining to their occupation, level of education attained and address(postcode). All children were also assessed for their severity of symptoms using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. The Australian Socioeconomic Index of occupationalstatus as a measure of familial SES and the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage as a measure of neighbourhood advantage were used to examine the impact of SES on parental sense of competence and wellbeing.RESULTS Compared to normative populations, both mothers and fathers in our sample reported significantly higher levels of parenting sense of efficacy but lower levels of interest in the parenting role. Mothers also displayed higher levels of satisfaction. Both mothers and fathers displayed higher levels of depression than normative populations with mothers also reporting greater levels of stress and anxiety. Child symptom severity was associated with maternal parenting competency with these relationships amplified among mothers with higher familial SES and who lived in areas of greater neighbourhood advantage.Increased adaptive functioning was associated with better maternal wellbeing,particularly among mothers who lived in areas of greater neighbourhood advantage. Contrastingly, paternal parenting competence was generally not influenced by child adaptive functioning or symptom severity, although for those in higher familial SES brackets, children's symptom severity and maladaptive symptoms were negatively related to paternal sense of parenting efficacy. There was a trend towards moderate relationships between lower familial SES and greater depression, stress and anxiety among fathers, but no relationship with their child's ASD symptom severity or functioning.CONCLUSION SES differentially impacts wellbeing and sense of parenting competence and its relationship to the impact of child symptoms for mothers and fathers of preschoolers with autism.

Navigating Silence: A Comprehensive Review of Parental Roles in the Rehabilitation of Children with Hearing Loss

This narrative literature review delves into the multifaceted realm of parental involvement in the rehabilitation of children with permanent hearing loss. While existing research has made strides in elucidating parental roles in this context, critical gaps persist, necessitating a comprehensive exploration to inform future endeavors. Our review synthesizes a wide array of studies, identifying these gaps and emphasizing the significance of addressing them. Themes emerging from the literature include the varying degrees of parental engagement, the impact of cultural and socio-economic factors, and the challenges faced by families navigating rehabilitation processes. The synthesis of this literature not only highlights the current state of knowledge but also provides a roadmap for future research efforts. By addressing these gaps, we aim to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of parental involvement in the rehabilitation of children with permanent hearing loss, ultimately fostering improved support systems and holistic care for affected families.

The Relationship between Social Support and the Parenting Sense of Competence of Preschoolers’Fathers:The Mediator Role of Psychological Capital

Social support is an essential source of support for preschool children’s fathers to alleviate parenting anxiety,deal with parenting pressure,improve parenting methods,and enhance parenting sense of competence.Psychological capital serves as a critical psychological resource for preschoolers’fathers,helping them cope with parenting stress and enhancing parenting efficacy.To explore the mediating mechanism of psychological capital between social support and the parenting sense of competence of preschoolers’fathers,this study employs stratified sampling to survey 678 fathers from three cities of Henan province in China.The survey instruments mainly consist of the Social Support Rating Scale,Psychological Capital Questionnaire,and Parenting Sense of Competence Scale.Research findings show that social support,psychological capital,and fathers’parenting sense of competence are at the middle level.Significant positive correlations exist among social support,psychological capital,and parenting sense of competence.Social support can positively predict fathers’parenting sense of competence,while psychological capital partially mediates between social support and parenting sense of competence.Therefore,it is possible to increase social support for preschool children’s fathers and improve their psychological capital to relieve their parenting pressure,enhance their parenting participation,and strengthen their parenting sense of competence.

The Importance of Parent＇s Intervention in Early Years

The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of parent involvement and intervention in early childhood education. What formulates the lock and key theory in early childhood programs is parental participation versus educational achievement. Upon the parents＇ vital involvement, it is perceived that social and cognitive development, aided by educators, will be significantly achieved. Furthermore, parent＇s early intervention is an added value to classrooms and schools, for it creates a dimension of involvement in the decisions which shape the children＇s education as a whole. Moreover, and due to parent/teacher cooperation in the classroom and at home, the child＇s interest in learning will be triggered, yielding other positive outcomes. Therefore, people must emphasize the parent＇s role in order to aid children＇s complex and evolving multi-cultural and global nature.

重新审视“好”父母:密集型育儿及其对儿童青少年发展的影响

经过近一个世纪的发展,“密集型育儿”已成为当代社会主流的育儿范式和理想标准,但它并非“完美无缺”。本文以密集型育儿的态度与行为作为框架,对密集型育儿给儿童青少年发展带来的复杂影响进行了研究综述。已有实证证据表明,当密集型育儿达到一定水平时,父母更多的投入和参与不仅不会带来更多增益,还可能在多个方面产生消极影响,且这些影响也会受到阶层、性别和文化的调节。密集型育儿给儿童和父母自身都带来了一定风险,未来研究可以从中国本土化的视角对密集型育儿的影响机制进行更为系统深入的研究。

A Father,a Son and an Answer

Passing through the Atlanta airport one morning,I caught oneof those trains that take travellers from the main terminal to theirboarding gates.Free,sterile and impersonal,the trains run backand forth all day long.Not many people consider them fun,but onthis Saturday I heard laughter.

Mental fitness during transition to fatherhood

Transition into fatherhood is often marked by a period of adjustment,uncertainty and psychological distress and challenges for many men,along with social isolation and relationship problems.Risk factors for paternal mental health issues are maternal depression,marital distress,parenting stress,gender role stress,mismatched expectations for pregnancy and after childbirth,poor physical health,inadequate self-care behaviours,avoiding seeking help for mental health issues,and having a child with sleeping,feeding and temperament problems.Paternal depression,anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder can have negative impacts on the social and emotional wellbeing of fathers,their partners and their children.Nevertheless,these issues are not widely acknowledged,recognised or treated.Men’s mental health illness is a silent crisis.They often fail to seek help due to their feeling of shame,stigma for a lack of emotional control,distress or anxiety related to utilising mental health support services,and underrating the severity of their symptoms.These necessitate the need for timely attention,psychological support and proper education to minimise their risk of mental health issues.Although research has indicated fathers’inclination toward being included in practices such as the mental health assessment,perinatal education and postnatal educational approaches need to be inclusive of fathers and encourage them to seek support for their paternal mental health issues and parenting difficulties.

县域地区父母卷入对儿童希望感的影响——基于西部N县数据的实证研究

聚焦西部县域儿童希望感,基于课题组在N县23所学校开展的中学生调查数据,运用多元线性回归分析了父母卷入对儿童希望感的影响,并纳入交互项,从性别和留守视角分析父母卷入对儿童希望感影响的异质性。研究发现:(1)父母的情感卷入和母亲认知卷入均会对儿童希望感产生显著的正向影响;(2)性别视角下,父母卷入对儿童希望感的影响不存在显著的性别差异;(3)留守状态视角下父母卷入的影响效应差异并不显著;(4)留守距离视角下,对于双留守而言,父母一方在省内会显著降低父亲的行为卷入,但会显著提升母亲的行为卷入。在此基础上,提出应从强化家庭教育宣传引导,促进特色产业发展,通过学校、社区的力量,加强对留守家庭的支持,促进西部县域儿童希望感的发展等方面的政策建议。

基于潜在剖面分析的家长参与和幼儿学习品质:自我效能感的中介作用

为探讨不同类型的家长参与、幼儿学习品质、幼儿自我效能感三者之间的关系,本研究采用幼儿家长参与问卷、幼儿自我效能感评定问卷、幼儿学习品质家长评价量表对481名3~6岁幼儿家长进行调查,结合潜在剖面分析的家长参与分型结果,探究幼儿自我效能感在不同家长参与类型和幼儿学习品质间的中介作用。此外,采用广义相加混合模型分析不同家长参与类型和幼儿自我效能感、学习品质间的线性关系。结果发现:(1)家长参与可分为四个潜在剖面,即高沟通—高参与型、中沟通—中参与型、低沟通—中参与型和低沟通—低参与型;(2)各剖面的幼儿学习品质存在显著差异,高沟通—高参与型家长参与最有利于幼儿学习品质的发展;(3)幼儿自我效能感在各剖面家长参与和幼儿学习品质中起部分中介作用;(4)低沟通—低参与型家长参与和幼儿自我效能感、幼儿学习品质存在非线性关系,其中低沟通—低参与型家长参与和幼儿学习品质发展之间存在拐点。

幼儿家长法律认知与“校闹”行为倾向的关系:有调节的中介模型

“校闹”行为既严重扰乱教育教学秩序,也是对教育法治的挑衅。本文采用问卷法对近万名幼儿家长进行调查,探讨家长法律认知与“校闹”行为倾向的关系,考察家园信任度的中介作用和舆论卷入度的调节作用。结果显示:(1)法律认知度负向预测“校闹”行为倾向;(2)家园信任度在法律认知与“校闹”行为倾向之间起中介作用;(3)舆论卷入度调节了法律认知并通过家园信任度影响“校闹”行为倾向中介过程的后半路径和直接路径。建议营造法治文化氛围,提升家长法律认知水平;双向协同发力,重塑家园信任机制;强化信息监管,引导舆论适度卷入。

基于PERMA理论的心理干预应用于1型糖尿病患儿及其父母的效果评价

目的:研究基于情绪-投入-人际关系-意义-成就(PERMA)理论的心理干预对1型糖尿病患儿父母主观幸福感及其对患儿的合作与支持的影响,以期为临床干预提供参考。方法:将80例1型糖尿病患儿及其父母按照患儿就诊科室随机分为实验组和对照组。对照组仅给予常规健康教育,对实验组患儿及父母进行8周的基于PERMA理论的积极心理干预。比较干预前后两组患儿父母主观幸福感指数及患儿合作支持得分。结果:干预后,实验组父母的主观幸福感指数得分[(10.05±1.25)分VS(8.95±1.66)分]及患儿的合作支持评分[37.00(4.75)分VS 24.5(4.75)分]明显高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:基于PERMA理论的积极心理干预能够有效提高1型糖尿病患儿父母的主观幸福感及其对患儿的合作支持。

基于卷入程度和协同性双视角的中学生父母教育卷入量表编制及质量验证

编制基于卷入程度和协同性的中学生父母教育卷入量表并对其质量进行验证。通过梳理已有研究,建构了卷入内容的三维结构,包含智力卷入、情感卷入、行为卷入;协同性的二维结构,包含观念一致、协作行为。选取三批样本(n=314、n=532、n=203)进行施测,对所得数据的项目分析、信度分析和效度分析,结果表明中学生父母教育卷入量表具有良好的项目效度、结构效度、内部一致性信度和效标关联效度,可作为父母教育卷入多角度评估工具。