Pathways to Children's Behavioral Problems during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fathers' Parenting Stress and Parenting Approaches

被引:6
作者
Unsal, Fatma Ozge [1 ]
Acar, Ibrahim Hakki [2 ]
机构
[1] Marmara Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Early Childhood Educ, Goztepe Campus, TR-34722 Istanbul, Turkiye
[2] Ozyegin Univ, Fac Social Sci, Dept Psychol, Cekmekoy Campus, TR-34794 Istanbul, Turkiye
来源
CHILDREN-BASEL | 2023年 / 10卷 / 04期
关键词
fathers; externalizing behaviors; internalizing behaviors; parenting stress; parenting approaches; FAMILY PROCESS; TEMPERAMENT; INVOLVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; PREDICTORS; CASCADE; BIRTH; ABUSE; ANGER; RISK;
D O I
10.3390/children10040639
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Although the family stress model theoretically focuses on the roles of both mothers and fathers as predictors of children's outcomes, studies generally have focused on mothers. The pandemic has brought additional burdens to parents' daily functioning, including fathers' involvement in childcare. The current study aimed to examine the contributions of fathers' parenting stress and parenting approaches to their children's behavior problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, we examined the indirect effects of parenting stress on children's behavior problems via parenting practices. The participants were 155 fathers (Mage = 36.87, SD = 5.11) and their children (71 girls, 84 boys; Mage = 59.52, SD = 14.98) from Turkish contexts. The fathers reported their parenting stress, approaches, and children's behavioral problems. The results from the path analysis showed that parenting stress predicted children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Parenting stress also predicted severe punishment and obedience as parts of the parenting approach. Finally, parenting stress was indirectly related to children's externalizing behaviors via the punishment-based parenting approach of fathers. The findings of the current study highlighted the importance of examining the roles of fathers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intervention programs targeting reducing fathers' parenting stress and negative parenting approaches would also be beneficial for reducing children's behavioral problems.
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