Fathers' care-giving and nurturing: The role of ethnicity and acculturation in European-American and Hispanic-Americans

• Autores: Marcela Sotomayor Peterson, Noel A. Card, Mari S. Wilhelm
• Localización: Revista interamericana de psicología = Interamerican journal of psychology, ISSN 0034-9690, Vol. 47, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 449-455
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Cuidados paternales y responsividad: El rol de etnicidad y aculturación en Europeo-Americanos e Hispano-Americanos
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• Resumen
  • español

    Se compara modelo de cuidados paternos entre Europeo Americanos e Hispano Americanos para conocer el rol de la etnicidad y aculturación. El modelo incluyó Cuidado Básico, Responsividad, Juego, y Estimulación Cognitiva, y se utilizaron Modelamiento de Ecuaciones Estructurales y Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio. Se realizaron: a) comparación entre modelos (i.e cuatro factores versus un factor); b) equivalencia de medida; y c) diferencia de medias de variables latentes. El modelo de cuatro factores alcanzó mejor bondad de ajuste; los Hispano Americanos menos aculturados estimulan cognitivamente menos a sus infantes; los Europeo Americanos resultaron menos responsivos que los Hispano Americanos independientemente del nivel de aculturación de los últimos. Resulta impreciso asumir que los padres participan en la crianza por igual, la participación varía según grupo étnico y aculturación.

  • English

    To understand ethnic differences and the role of acculturation, this study compared a model of fathers’ care-giving across European American and Hispanic fathers. The model included Care-giving, Nurturing, Play, and Cognitive Stimulation and used Structural Equation Modelling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Analyses included: a) model comparison (i.e. four factors against single factor); b) measurement invariance; and c) latent mean differences. Four variable model reached best fit; low acculturated fathers were less engaged in cognitive stimulation compared with European American and high acculturated Hispanics; European American were found to be less engaged in nurturing than both Hispanic groups with no moderation effect by acculturation. It seems inaccurate to assume that engaged fathers are equally engaged; fathers vary depending on ethnicity and acculturation.

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