Factors Determining the Extent of Father Involvement in Infant Caretaking Activities
Description:
This study is an investigation of factors which determine father involvement in infant caretaking activities. Concerns involved fathers' past parental relationships, fathers' preparation for childbirth, sex of the infant, complexity of the caretaking task, fathers' participation in childbirth, fathers' desire for a male or female infant, and amount of early physical contact between father and infant. Data indicated significant relationships between father participation and the sex of the child,…
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Date:
August 1982
Creator:
Owen, Susan Snyder
Partner:
UNT Libraries