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DeMaris, Alfred; Mahoney, Annette; Pargament, Kenneth I. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Considerable debate exists regarding whether religiousness promotes or impedes greater father involvement in parenting. Our study addresses this issue using a Midwestern longitudinal data set that tracks the transition to first parenthood for 169 married couples. We focus on performance of the "messier" tasks of infant care. We find little…
Descriptors: Evidence, Infant Care, Child Care, Religious Factors
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MacDonald, William L.; DeMaris, Alfred – Journal of Family Issues, 1996
Studies the notion that mothers have more difficulty parenting stepchildren than biological children. Concludes stepmothers are more likely than stepfathers to experience difficulty rearing stepchildren than biological children. When stepparents add new biological children to their stepfamilies, stepmothers and stepfathers find it difficult to…
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Child Rearing, Children, Family Relationship
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Swinford, Steven P.; DeMaris, Alfred; Cernkovich, Stephen A.; Giordano, Peggy C. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2000
Using data from a longitudinal study of adolescents (N=608), an examination was made into the connection between the experience of physical discipline in childhood and violence in intimate relationships. It was determined that harsh physical punishment in childhood is directly related to greater perpetration of violence later against an intimate…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Rearing, Children, Comparative Analysis