title: [Involvement of Turkish Immigrant Fathers Elevates Children's Well-Being].
abstract: This study examined paternal involvement in parenting, the association between parents' perception of mutual support, and the relation to their children's well-being before (t1) and after the transition to first grade (t2). Participants were first and second generation immigrant families from Turkey (n = 134). In addition, German families (n = 45) were included for the comparison of paternal involvement. The percentage of highly involved fathers was higher in the German sub-sample (54 %) than in the Turkish sub-sample (38 %), but we found no influence of parents' education, household income, employment status, or children's gender. First generation fathers were more likely to be highly involved than second generation fathers. Analyses of the longitudinal data revealed that mothers with highly involved fathers were more likely to report higher marital support. This pattern was less clear for fathers. Children with highly involved fathers reported significantly higher well-being at t1. For t2, a moderator analysis revealed a positive effect on children's well-being only for those fathers who were both highly involved and reported the highest fathering self-efficacy. Among other variables, we controlled for children's well-being at t1, their health status, fathers' work hours and mothers' marital satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Psychologie, GAFO 04/611, 44780 Bochum;
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leyendecker
authors.forename: Alexandru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agache
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Turkish immigrant families; Wohlbefinden von Kindern; child well-being; eheliche Zufriedenheit; fathering self-efficacy; marital satisfaction; paternal involvement; turkische zugewanderte Familien; vaterliche Selbstwirksamkeitsuberzeugungen; vaterliches Engagement