Parenting Stress in Fathers: Do We Need Father Specific Reference Samples? And Do They Differ in Regard of Taking Parental Leave?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Procedure
2.2.2. General Information on the EBI
2.2.3. Scales of the EBI
2.2.4. Interpretation of the EBI
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Psychometric Characteristics of the EBI in Fathers
3.2. Reliability of the EBI in Fathers
3.3. Structure of the EBI in Fathers
3.4. Father Specific Reference Samples for Parenting Stress
3.5. Comparing Fathers Taking Parenting Leave against Fathers Who Did Not Take Parenting Leave
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample 1 (n = 39) | Sample 2 (n = 249) | Sample 3 (n = 208) | Total (N = 497) | Reference (N = 538) | |
Nationality | |||||
German | 35 | 238 | 201 | 474 | 220 |
Non-German | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 25 |
Single parent | |||||
Yes | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 108 |
No | 38 | 249 | 200 | 487 | 429 |
Amount of children | |||||
1 | 19 | 140 | 78 | 237 | 220 |
2 | 16 | 78 | 96 | 190 | 240 |
3 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 47 | 55 |
4 or more | 0 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 22 |
Education | |||||
low | 0 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 92 |
middle | 8 | 43 | 11 | 62 | 155 |
high | 31 | 186 | 193 | 410 | 286 |
Sex of the youngest child | |||||
girl | 18 | 124 | 100 | 242 | 256 |
boy | 22 | 125 | 108 | 255 | 282 |
Parental leave | |||||
Yes | 10 | 143 | 145 | 298 | |
No | 12 | 106 | 63 | 181 |
Item/Subscale | M | SD | Corrected Item–Total Correlation | Cronbach’s α Fathers - Mothers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Distractability/Hyperactivity | 11.77 | 14.172 | 0.665 - 0.75 | |
1 | 2.92 | 1.131 | 0.001 | |
4 | 2.91 | 1.298 | 0.675 | |
8 | 2.99 | 1.542 | 0.626 | |
15 | 2.95 | 1.326 | 0.564 | |
Mood | 11.67 | 29.375 | 0.937 - 0.70 | |
34 | 2.91 | 1.510 | 0.815 | |
44 | 2.87 | 1.378 | 0.838 | |
45 | 2.95 | 1.503 | 0.884 | |
48 | 2.94 | 1.513 | 0.872 | |
Acceptability | 11.84 | 21.465 | 0.781 - 0.70 | |
19 | 2.99 | 1.629 | 0.764 | |
22 | 2.91 | 1.191 | 0.166 | |
28 | 3.00 | 1.595 | 0.691 | |
30 | 2.93 | 1.508 | 0.775 | |
Demandingness | 11.84 | 3.389 | 0.593 - 0.68 | |
38 | 2.92 | 1.248 | 0.277 | |
39 | 2.96 | 1.342 | 0.247 | |
43 | 2.97 | 1.198 | 0.502 | |
47 | 2.99 | 1.259 | 0.501 | |
Adaptability | 11.90 | 18.310 | 0.827 - 0.77 | |
17 | 2.97 | 1.388 | 0.750 | |
20 | 2.95 | 1.325 | 0.715 | |
26 | 3.01 | 1.299 | 0.554 | |
31 | 2.98 | 1.259 | 0.599 |
Item/Subscale | M | SD | Corrected Item–Total Correlation | Cronbach’s α Fathers - Mothers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Parental Attachment | 12.03 | 17.149 | 0.783 - 0.61 | |
21 | 2.98 | 1.323 | 0.737 | |
23 | 2.99 | 1.206 | 0.742 | |
25 | 3.01 | 1.263 | 0.383 | |
27 | 3.05 | 1.510 | 0.542 | |
Isolation | 11.29 | 13.532 | 0.613 - 0.63 | |
7 | 2.80 | 1.356 | 0.576 | |
9 | 2.81 | 1.268 | 0.152 | |
11 | 2.83 | 1.336 | 0.503 | |
13 | 2.86 | 1.443 | 0.376 | |
Competence | 11.87 | 19.309 | 0.835 - 0.83 | |
18 | 3.01 | 1.267 | 0.558 | |
24 | 2.93 | 1.452 | 0.697 | |
29 | 2.92 | 1.312 | 0.695 | |
32 | 3.01 | 1.333 | 0.719 | |
Depression | 12.09 | 12.796 | 0.576 - 0.75 | |
35 | 2.98 | 1.374 | −0.078 | |
37 | 3.02 | 1.285 | 0.603 | |
40 | 3.01 | 1.375 | 0.542 | |
42 | 3.00 | 1.357 | 0.513 | |
Health | 11.73 | 16.270 | 0.733 - 0.75 | |
2 | 2.97 | 1.575 | 0.349 | |
6 | 2.90 | 1.296 | 0.657 | |
10 | 2.91 | 1.249 | 0.537 | |
12 | 2.95 | 1.267 | 0.607 | |
Role Restriction | 11.64 | 14.526 | 0.755 - 0.82 | |
3 | 2.86 | 1.286 | 0.562 | |
5 | 2.92 | 1.255 | 0.563 | |
14 | 2.94 | 1.276 | 0.636 | |
16 | 2.92 | 1.200 | 0.450 | |
Spouse | 11.87 | 11.216 | 0.442 - 0.80 | |
33 | 2.99 | 1.294 | 0.387 | |
36 | 2.99 | 1.408 | 0.123 | |
41 | 2.94 | 1.386 | 0.328 | |
46 | 2.96 | 1.385 | 0.183 |
Subscale and Overall Score | M | SD | Cronbach’s α Fathers - Mothers |
---|---|---|---|
Child Characteristics | 58.90 | 18.559 | 0.936 - 0.91 |
Parent Characteristics | 82.39 | 19.633 | 0.901 - 0.93 |
Parental Stress Index | 141.21 | 35.445 | 0.949 - 0.95 |
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Krüger, N.; Rüther, J.N. Parenting Stress in Fathers: Do We Need Father Specific Reference Samples? And Do They Differ in Regard of Taking Parental Leave? Children 2022, 9, 1363. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children9091363
Krüger N, Rüther JN. Parenting Stress in Fathers: Do We Need Father Specific Reference Samples? And Do They Differ in Regard of Taking Parental Leave? Children. 2022; 9(9):1363. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children9091363
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrüger, Nina, and Johanna Nuria Rüther. 2022. "Parenting Stress in Fathers: Do We Need Father Specific Reference Samples? And Do They Differ in Regard of Taking Parental Leave?" Children 9, no. 9: 1363. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children9091363