CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?

CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?

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Main Author: Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2009
Subjects:
Educational Psychology
Families and Family Life
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Research
Low Birth weight
Father education
Cognitive Development
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12434479582021-08-03T05:56:05Z CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES? Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi Educational Psychology Families and Family Life Psychology Social Psychology Social Research Low Birth weight Father education Cognitive Development Low birth weight has considerable short- term and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and to society. Very little information exists that can provide insights into how fathers can impact cognitive development in children born with low birth weight. Does education afford the father with skills to buffer his child from poor cognitive development? I used Coleman’s (1988) social theory as a guide to the conceptualization of resources that fathers invest in the next generation - human capital, financial capital, and social capital. Using baseline and three year data from The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, I explored the possibility that fathers' education level may buffer against poor cognitive development in low birth weight infants. I further examined whether father involvement mediated the relation between father education and child cognitive development. My findings suggest educated fathers may potentially have the ability to protect child cognitive development but the effect is not greater for children with low birth weight than normal birth weight children. Additionally, after controlling for household income, child gender, and birth weight, I found no significant association between father involvement and child cognitive development. Spending time with the child, independent of education, was not found to impact child cognitive outcomes for this sample. 2009-08-26 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Educational Psychology
Families and Family Life
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Research
Low Birth weight
Father education
Cognitive Development
spellingShingle Educational Psychology
Families and Family Life
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Research
Low Birth weight
Father education
Cognitive Development
Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
author Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
author_facet Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
author_sort Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
title CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
title_short CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
title_full CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
title_fullStr CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
title_full_unstemmed CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?
title_sort can fathers’ education level moderate relations between low birth weight and child cognitive development outcomes?
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