Fathers’ contribution towards toddlers’ aggressiveness

摘要: In this thesis I investigated the relationship between fathers’ antisocial and physically aggressive behaviour toddlers’ behaviour. Previous work has largely ignored fathers or seen only as an influence on mothers little is known about aggressiveness. Families were recruited for Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS), which a prospective longitudinal study of parents their children. Parents interviewed own behaviours during pregnancy children assessed at intervals until 33 months age (Chapter 2 describes design). Chapter 3 examined associations couple. Although men committed more than women, there associations between partners’ rates both violent non-violent behaviours. The young children’s was explored in Chapter 4. Fathers’ non-violnt symptoms associated with mothers’ reports physical aggressiveness infants’ contentious behaviours, and observations use force against peer. When considered closely component relating specifically to physical aggressiveness identified. aggressiveness, which suggests homotypic continuity toddlers. All remained significant after controlling behaviours. Thus, provide unique contributions towards independently behaviours. Since are likely be absent 5 father absence. father absence it did not explain association Together these findings show that important right, rather on mothers.