Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study uses the father-child activation theory, which identifies the father-child relationship as a source for self-regulation learning. Father-child play behaviors during toddlerhood were examined for their contribution to self-regulation skills, specifically emotion regulation and aggression. This study examined father-child play behaviors of emotion amplification, intrusiveness, positive regard, and child emotion regulation seeking in the National Early Head Start (EHS) Evaluation. Fathers who used more emotion amplification at 24 months were less intrusive, showed more positive regard, and had children who sought more emotion regulation at 24 months than fathers who used less emotion amplification. Fathers who were more intrusive during play had children who were less likely to seek emotion regulation with them than fathers of children who were less intrusive. Correlational results indicate gender differences in fathers’ intrusiveness. Children who sought emotion regulation demonstrated greater emotion regulation at 24 and 36 months than children who sought less emotion regulation during play. Furthermore, children with fathers who showed more emotion amplification and positive regard demonstrated better emotion regulation at 36 months. The regression models predicting child emotion regulation at 24 and 36 months accounted for 21% and 22% of the variance, respectively. However, only paternal positive regard and child emotion regulation-seeking during play were significant predictors at 24 months and no pathways were significant in the 36-month model. Regression models predicting child aggression were not significant. Results suggest that father-child play may be an important context for child emotion regulation development in young children.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1979.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1979.

Quelques études ont mis en évidence l'association entre l'insécurité de l'attachement précoce père-enfant et les comportements extériorisés des enfants entre trois et huit ans. La relation d’activation parent-enfant est le lien affectif axé sur la stimulation à la prise de risque de l’enfant qui est encadré par des limites claires données par le parent à l’enfant. Lorsque la mise des limites parentale n’est pas suffisante pour assurer l’intégrité de l’enfant, ils peuvent développer une relation de suractivation, qui a été associé à plus des comportements extériorisés chez des enfants ayant des niveaux cliniques de problématiques comportementales. Aucune étude à date n’a évalué les effets de la suractivation en même temps que de l'attachement précoce aux pères sur le développement des comportements extériorisés chez les tout-petits (0-5 ans) dans la population normotypique. La présente thèse doctorale vise donc à combler cette lacune. Le premier article (chapitre II) visait à vérifier les liens entre les relations père-enfant (activation et attachement) à 12-18 mois et les comportements extériorisés des enfants à 24-30 mois et à 48-60 mois. La suractivation père-enfant, mais pas l’attachement (insécurité et désorganisation), a permis de prédire les comportements extériorisés chez les garçons et les filles, et ce, seulement à 48-60 mois. Des scores plus élevés de désorganisation ont cependant été associés à moins de comportements extériorisés à 24-30 mois chez les filles, mais pas chez les garçons. Le second article (chapitre III) avait pour but de vérifier l’effet des relations d’activation et d’attachement au père évalués lorsque les enfants étaient âgés de 36-42 mois et le niveau de leurs comportements extériorisés à 48-60 mois. La suractivation par le père, mais pas l’attachement (insécurité et désorganisation) prédit les comportements extériorisés à 48-60 mois, et ce, autant pour les garçons que pour les filles et peu importe la perception d’adversité financière des parents. Le dernier chapitre présente une discussion générale des résultats trouvés et leurs implications. En somme, cette thèse souligne la pertinence de considérer la relation d'activation père-enfant en parallèle avec la relation d'attachement au père afin de mieux comprendre la prise de risque des enfants qui peut se manifester par des comportements extériorisés et, plus tard, évoluer vers la délinquance. / A few studies have found an association between insecure early father-child attachment and externalizing behaviors in children between the ages of three and eight. The parent-child activation relationship is the emotional bond that fosters the child's risk-taking within boundaries set by the parent in order to ensure the child’s safety. When parental limit-setting is not sufficient to ensure the child's integrity, they may develop an overactivation relationship, which has been associated with more externalizing behaviors in children with clinical levels of behavioral problems. No study to date has evaluated the effects of the overactivation relationship along with early attachment to fathers on the development of externalizing behaviors in toddlers (0-5 years) in the normotypic population. This doctoral thesis therefore aims to fill this gap. The first article (Chapter II) aimed to test the relationship between father-child relationships (activation and attachment) at 12-18 months and children's externalizing behaviors at 24-30 months and 48-60 months. Father-child overactivation, but not attachment (insecurity and disorganization), predicted externalizing behaviors in both boys and girls, and only at 48-60 months. Higher disorganization scores, however, were associated with fewer externalizing behaviors at 24-30 months for girls, but not for boys. The second article (Chapter III) aimed to test the effect of activation and attachment relationships with the father assessed when the children were 36-42 months old and the level of their externalizing behaviors at 48-60 months. Overactivation by the father, but not attachment (insecurity and disorganization), predicted externalizing behaviors at 48-60 months for both boys and girls and regardless of parents' perception of financial adversity. The final chapter presents a general discussion of the results found and their implications. In sum, this thesis highlights the relevance of considering the father-child activation relationship in parallel with the attachment relationship to the father in order to better understand children's risk-taking, which can manifest itself in externalized behaviors and, later, evolve into delinquency.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

abstract: This study investigated father-child Activation Theory and the impact of activative fathering on children's dysregulation and social skills. The sample followed 145 families of typically developing children across ages 4 to 6. Fathering and mothering behaviors were coded via naturalistic observations at child age 4, children's dysregulation was coded during a laboratory puzzle task at age 5, and children's social skills were rated by parents and teachers at age 6. Results found support for a constellation of activative fathering behaviors unique to father-child interactions. Activative fathering, net of mothering behaviors, predicted decreased behavioral dysregulation one year later. Support was not found for moderation of the relation between activative fathering and children's dysregulation by paternal warmth, nor was support found for children's dysregulation as a mediator of the relation between activative fathering and children's social skills. These results suggest that parenting elements of father-child activation are unique to fathering and may be more broadly observable in naturalistic contexts not limited to play activities alone. Additionally, activative fathering appears to uniquely influence children's self-regulatory abilities above and beyond identical mothering behavior. In the present work, paternal warmth was not a necessary for activative fathering to positively contribute to children's regulatory abilities nor did children's dysregulation link activative fathering to social skills. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Psychology 2014

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