Sentences with phrase «family supportiveness»

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While the majority of children perceive high levels of supportiveness from resident fathers, a significant minority perceiving low levels of supportiveness also have lower overall wellbeing, regardless of other family circumstances.

In order to investigate whether non-biological resident father figures» supportiveness increases with more time spent in the family, we subdivided families according to whether the father figure had been living in the family prior to the age 10 interview («established» father figure, n = 110) or whether he was recorded as a new household member at this time («recent» father figure, n = 72).

Findings suggest that fathers make an independent contribution to children's wellbeing, even after taking account of mothers» supportiveness and other family circumstances.

The gap between children's perceptions of mothers» and fathers» supportiveness is therefore wider for families with a non-biological father than for families with both biological parents.

They indicate that fathers» supportiveness is closely associated with several other aspects of ten year - old children's socio - emotional wellbeing that extend outside family life to include enjoyment of school, and relations with teachers and peers.

In our study, the gap in perceived supportiveness from fathers and mothers was widest for families with a father figure.

In families with a non-biological resident father figure, the finding that a relatively high proportion of children perceive poor levels of supportiveness suggests that men who find themselves in the position of being a father figure may have particular difficulties in defining their role, both within the family and in relation to the child's non-resident biological father.

Other factors, such as the presence of a father figure rather than the biological father, partner supportiveness and family climate, seem to affect father - child relationships more than mother - child relationships.

As outlined in the previous section, a substantial minority (16 %) of ten year - old children in GUS couple families perceive low levels of supportiveness from fathers, and are categorised as having a «poor» father - child relationship.

Most ten - year olds in couple families are positive about resident fathers» supportiveness.

Results showed that work - family conflict resulting from husbands» and wives» employment is related positively to the psychological distress of each, and that psychological distress affects marital outcomes both directly and indirectly through its association with greater marital hostility and less marital warmth and supportiveness.