title: Paternal Work Stress and Latent Profiles of Father-Infant Parenting Quality.
abstract: The current study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to examine the implications of fathers' experiences of work stress for paternal behaviors with infants across multiple dimensions of parenting in a sample of fathers living in nonmetropolitan communities (N = 492). LPA revealed five classes of fathers based on levels of social-affective behaviors and linguistic stimulation measured during two father-infant interactions. Multinomial logistic regression analyses suggested that a less-supportive work environment was associated with fathers' membership in multiple lower-quality parenting classes. Greater work pressure and a nonstandard work schedule also predicted fathers' membership in the latent parenting classes, although these associations differed depending on the number of hours fathers spent in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Center for Child & Family Policy, Duke University, Box 90545, Durham, NC 27708-0545 ( ben.goodman@duke.edu ).
authors.forename: W Benjamin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Ann C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Crouter
authors.forename: Stephanie T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Martha J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vernon-Feagans