Date Available
4-9-2018
Year of Publication
2018
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Family Sciences (MSFS)
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Family Sciences
Advisor
Dr. Ronald J. Werner-Wilson
Abstract
With an increase in the pace of life in the United States, there comes a recognition of the importance of prioritizing time, especially for fathers. Of the two-thirds of children who live with their father, only a percentage of them have fathers who report regular play time with their children. However, literature in the field does not explain specifically whether or not this play between father and child influences the child’s later risk taking behaviors in high school. Using data from the 2003 Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), waves 3, 4, and 6, this quantitative study sought to understand the connection between a father’s play with his young children and the number of risk taking behaviors exhibited by those children in high school. The results from this study indicate that high school students who had fathers that played with them when they were young, as well as high school students who had fathers that did not play with them when they were young both exhibited similar rates of risk taking behaviors.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2018.067
Recommended Citation
Sitton, Michael S., "“DAD, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH ME?” THE IMPACT OF FATHERS WHO MAKE TIME FOR PLAY" (2018). Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences. 59.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/59
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