In the past decade, both public and private interest in the father's role in child rearing has increased dramatically. There is now a large body of literature regarding fathers with a recent emphasis being given to the "new" father, defined as one who is highly nurturant toward his children and increasingly involved in their care. In comparison, the "traditional" father has been depicted as one who believes that mothers have the majority of responsibility for child care. / The theory of reasoned action was utilized to examine the choice between traditional versus more involved fathering styles. This choice was predicted from beliefs and attitudes related to outcomes of adopting a given fathering style (attitude component) and specific others who might pressure one to adopt a given parenting style (subjective norm component). / The sample was comprised of 190 male undergraduate students who intended to be fathers. Two path models were used for analyses, a restricted path model and a saturated path model, with the saturated model found to be more useful for explaining the data. / Two predominate findings were noted. First, there appeared to be significant inter-relationships between components of attitude and subjective norm. Secondly, the attitude components were generally found to be more useful in the prediction of intention than were components of subjective norm. / Significant differences related to age, satisfaction with their own fathers' roles, and parenting choice intention were found between groups of subjects who described their fathers as being either traditional or more involved parents. Finally, implications were presented. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0959. / Major Professor: Carol Anderson Darling. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76603 |
| Contributors | Penland, Michael Royce., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 279 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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