Title

Mothers, Fathers, Gender Role, And Time Parents Spend With Their Children

Keywords

Fathers; Gender role; Mothers; Parenting

Abstract

To examine the relationships among the sex of the parent, gender role, and the time parents spend with their children, 272 parents completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, a questionnaire about the time spent with their children, and a demographics questionnaire. Analyses indicated that neither the sex of the parent nor gender role was predictive of the amount of time parents were spending in direct interaction with or being accessible to their children. The sex of the parent, qualified by earning status, was predictive of the level of responsibility parents had for child-related activities. Further, the sex of the parent, qualified by femininity, was predictive of parental satisfaction with level of child-related responsibilities. These results emphasize the importance of examining parental characteristics in relation to the time parents spend with their children and their levels of responsibility for child-related activities.

Publication Date

4-1-2003

Publication Title

Sex Roles

Volume

48

Issue

7-8

Number of Pages

305-315

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022934412910

Socpus ID

0037248555 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0037248555

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