Fathers’ care-giving and nurturing: The role of ethnicity and acculturation in European-American and Hispanic-Americans

Authors

  • Marcela Sotomayor-Peterson Universidad de Sonora
  • Noel A. Card University of Arizona
  • Mari S. Wilhelm University of Arizona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30849/rip/ijp.v47i3.238

Abstract

To understand ethnic differences and the role of acculturation, this study compared a model of fathers’ care-giving across European American and Hispanic fathers. The model included Care-giving, Nurturing, Play, and Cognitive Stimulation and used Structural Equation Modelling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Analyses included:  a) model comparison (i.e. four factors against single factor); b) measurement invariance; and c) latent mean differences. Four variable model reached best fit; low acculturated fathers were less engaged in cognitive stimulation compared with European American and high acculturated Hispanics; European American were found to be less engaged in nurturing than both Hispanic groups with no moderation effect by acculturation. It seems inaccurate to assume that engaged fathers are equally engaged; fathers vary depending on ethnicity and acculturation.

Author Biographies

Marcela Sotomayor-Peterson, Universidad de Sonora

Departamento de Psicología y Ciencias de la Comunicación,  Maestra de Tiempo Completo.

Noel A. Card, University of Arizona

Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Assistance Professor

Mari S. Wilhelm, University of Arizona

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Associate Professor

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Published

2014-10-09

How to Cite

Sotomayor-Peterson, M., Card, N. A., & Wilhelm, M. S. (2014). Fathers’ care-giving and nurturing: The role of ethnicity and acculturation in European-American and Hispanic-Americans. Revista Interamericana De Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 47(3). https://doi.org/10.30849/rip/ijp.v47i3.238

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Vol. 47 No. 3 (2013): Interamerican Journal of Psychology

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