Sentences with phrase «non-biological father figures»

Note: unless otherwise specified, «father» throughout this report refers collectively to biological fathers and resident non-biological father figures.

Further study of non-biological father figures» needs is required in order to further our understanding of how best to support them.

The quality of children's relationship with their mother does not differ according to whether a family contained both biological parents or contained a non-biological father figure.

However, US research on older age groups found that length of residence, as well as adolescents» positive socio - emotional adjustment and relationship with the mother, all appeared to make it easier to relate to a resident non-biological father figure (King, Amato & Lindstrom, 2015; King, Thorsen & Amato, 2014).

In other words, risk factors for poor father - child relationships such as having a non-biological father figure were equally important for boys and girls.

In addition, father - child relationships for families with a resident biological father are compared to those in families with a non-biological father figure.

This reflects the presence of a non-biological father figure in the family, rather than marriage between two biological parents.

Male child gender, lower family socio - economic status, unmarried parents, recent experience of adverse family events and living with a non-biological father figure are all current risk factors independently associated with poor father - child relationships

Families with a non-biological father figure contained a higher proportion of younger parents: when children were aged 10, 18 % of mothers in families with a father figure were under 30, compared to only 3 % of families with a resident biological father.

Families with a non-biological father figure were also more likely to be disadvantaged: for example, 42 % were in the lowest quintile of household income (< # 13,450 p.a., equivalised to take account of household size and composition), compared to 15 % of couple families with a biological father.

Some risk factors (unmarried parents, non-biological father figure, adverse family events) are important for father - child, but not mother - child relationships

This difference may be explained by the fact that families where there is a mother under 29 years are much more likely to contain a non-biological father figure by the time the child is ten years old (39 % did so, compared to 10 % of the total sample).

Only 1 % of families with both biological parents mentioned getting married in the two years prior to the age 10 interview, compared to 16 % of families with a non-biological father figure.

Unlike the model of poor father - child relationship, there were no independent effects of parental marital status, presence of a non-biological father figure or adverse family events on the likelihood of a poor mother - child relationship.

Children answered items about either a resident biological father or a resident non-biological father figure.

Families with risk factors for poor father - child relationships, including socio - economic disadvantage, family adversity, and the presence of a non-biological father figure, could potentially benefit from additional support.

Not exact matches

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).

The first of these sections investigates the family's current circumstances (measured when children were aged 10 years), for all couple families including those with a non-biological residential father figure.

The study also has a limited focus on mothers» parenting of children up to the age of 5, and more work is required to establish wider applicability to the role of fathers or non-biological parent figures, or to the parenting of older children.

In most cases this partner was the child's biological father (n = 2411), with a minority of children (n = 182) having a non-biological resident father figure.

Among families with a non-biological father, 8 % of children have a poor relationship with the mother, compared to 35 % with the non-biological resident father figure (Figure 3figure (Figure 3Figure 3 - E).

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.

Figure 3 - E Comparison of father - and mother - child relationships in families with a non-biological resident father Figure 3 - E Comparison of father - and mother - child relationships in families with a non-biological resident father figurefigure

The inclusion of non-biological fathers is motivated by research that found high involvement of a paternal figure could have the same positive outcomes as those associated with high involvement of biological fathers (Agar et al., 2010; Amato & Rivera, 1999; Schwartz & Finley, 2006).