Luca Rollè|Giulia Gullotta|Tommaso Trombetta|Lorenzo Curti|Eva Germanò|Piera Brustia|Angela Maria Caldarera
Father Involvement and Cognitive Development in Early and Middle Childhood: A Systematic Review
University of Turin|University of Turin|University of Turin|University of Turin|University of Turin|University of Turin|University of Turin
systematic review aims examine existing literature concerning association father involvement development childrens cognitive skills early middle childhood specifically analyzes 1 number researches developed across years 2 main sociodemographic characteristics samples 3 main focuses examined 4 operational definitions used assess father involvement children cognitive skills following guidelines preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses prisma statement articles searched pubmed ebsco psycinfo psycarticles education source social sciences abstract family studies abstracts gender studies database cinahl complete findings suggest although research used different operational definition father involvement construct recent years wide constant interest increase issue empirical studies utilized quantitative methods whereas relatively used qualitative one mixed methods regards analysis sociodemographic characteristics samples great evidence included biological residential fathers may reflect type sample easier recruit nonresidential nonbiological fathers regarding socioeconomic status ethnicity families data highlighted recent years literature father involvement starting look differences ethnic cultural backgrounds contrast past researches findings revealed main focus impact father involvement childrens cognitive skills studies highlighted positive statistically significant regarding assessment father involvement childrens cognitive skills literature quite heterogeneous