Child development knowledge and father engagement: The mediating role of parenting self-efficacy

  • Connor, L. A., & Stolz, H. E. (2022). Child development knowledge and father engagement: The mediating role of parenting self-efficacy. Journal of Family Issues, 43(3), 831–851. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X21994628
  • Social learning theory suggests that parents’ behavior is driven by their knowledge and self-efficacy. Using this lens, the current study examined how 181 civilian fathers’ self-perceived and objective knowledge of child development related to how they engaged with their infant (i.e., frequency of physical play, caregiving, and verbal stimulation). The fathers’ parenting self-efficacy was also investigated as a possible link between knowledge of child development and engagement with their infant. Overall, fathers with more self-perceived knowledge of child development tended to engage with their infants more frequently, but self-efficacy did not explain this association.

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