TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Father-child play during the preschool years and child internalizing behaviors: between robustness and vulnerability
JO  - Infant mental health journal
A1  - Ahnert, Lieselotte
A1  - Teufl, Lukas
A1  - Ruiz, Nina
A1  - Piskernik, Bernhard
A1  - Supper, Barbara
A1  - Remiorz, Silke
A1  - Gesing, Alexander
A1  - Nowacki, Katja
SP  - 743
EP  - 756
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - Play observations with a total of 400 toddlers and preschoolers were videotaped and rated for Intensity and Quality of play with their parents. Parents were asked about perceived stress and personality characteristics (Big 5). Child's motor, cognitive skills, temperament, and internalizing behaviors were assessed. Study 1 investigated the robustness of play across child age and gender, and examined differences between fathers and mothers. Study 2 explored the vulnerability of play with fathers of children born preterm (PT-fathers) and fathers who had experienced adverse childhoods (AC-fathers). Study 3 investigated child internalizing behaviors. Intensity of play was maintained almost independently of child age and gender. It was similar for AC- and PT-fathers, and similar to maternal Intensity. In contrast, paternal Quality of play was higher with boys and independent of fathers' personality and perceived parenting stress whereas maternal Quality of play was higher with girls and linked to mothers' perceived parenting competence, acceptability of the child, and neuroticism. AC-fathers scored significantly low on Quality, as did PT-fathers, but the Quality of their play became better with growing child age, birth weight, and cognitive (but not motor and temperament) scores. Finally, child internalizing behaviors were negatively related to paternal Quality of play.<br><br>© 2017 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-9641
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21679
ID  - ref1
ER  -