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Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

OBJECTIVE: Long working hours have been suggested to affect fathers’ parenting behavior, but previously reported findings have been inconsistent. This study examined the association between the working hours and parenting behavior of fathers while accounting for other factors related to their parent...

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Autores principales: Kasamatsu, Haruka, Tsuchida, Akiko, Matsumura, Kenta, Hamazaki, Kei, Inoue, Mariko, Inadera, Hidekuni
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10334997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37441647
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1100923
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author Kasamatsu, Haruka
Tsuchida, Akiko
Matsumura, Kenta
Hamazaki, Kei
Inoue, Mariko
Inadera, Hidekuni
author_facet Kasamatsu, Haruka
Tsuchida, Akiko
Matsumura, Kenta
Hamazaki, Kei
Inoue, Mariko
Inadera, Hidekuni
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description OBJECTIVE: Long working hours have been suggested to affect fathers’ parenting behavior, but previously reported findings have been inconsistent. This study examined the association between the working hours and parenting behavior of fathers while accounting for other factors related to their parenting behavior, using data from the Japan Environment and Children Study (JECS), a large cohort study in Japan. METHODS: Data from 43,159 father–mother pairs were analyzed. The mother assessed the father’s frequency of seven parenting behaviors at 6 months after delivery. Then, each behavior was classified into a high-engagement group (always and sometimes) or a low-engagement group (rarely and never). The father’s weekly working hours was obtained from his responses and was classified into six levels. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that after adjustment for covariates, fathers’ weekly working hours was inversely associated with the frequency of all parenting behaviors examined in this study (p for trend <0.0001). Compared with fathers working ≥0 to ≤40 h per week, those working >65 h per week showed the following adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for low engagement in parenting behaviors: playing at home, 2.38 (2.08–2.72); changing diapers, 2.04 (1.89–2.20); and bathing the child, 2.01 (1.84–2.18). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the greater time constraints imposed by longer working hours constitute a major factor that discourages fathers from engaging in childrearing behavior. Intervention targeting long working hours could contribute to measures aimed at promoting high-engagement parenting behaviors among fathers.
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spelling pubmed-103349972023-07-12 Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Kasamatsu, Haruka Tsuchida, Akiko Matsumura, Kenta Hamazaki, Kei Inoue, Mariko Inadera, Hidekuni Front Public Health Public Health OBJECTIVE: Long working hours have been suggested to affect fathers’ parenting behavior, but previously reported findings have been inconsistent. This study examined the association between the working hours and parenting behavior of fathers while accounting for other factors related to their parenting behavior, using data from the Japan Environment and Children Study (JECS), a large cohort study in Japan. METHODS: Data from 43,159 father–mother pairs were analyzed. The mother assessed the father’s frequency of seven parenting behaviors at 6 months after delivery. Then, each behavior was classified into a high-engagement group (always and sometimes) or a low-engagement group (rarely and never). The father’s weekly working hours was obtained from his responses and was classified into six levels. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that after adjustment for covariates, fathers’ weekly working hours was inversely associated with the frequency of all parenting behaviors examined in this study (p for trend <0.0001). Compared with fathers working ≥0 to ≤40 h per week, those working >65 h per week showed the following adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for low engagement in parenting behaviors: playing at home, 2.38 (2.08–2.72); changing diapers, 2.04 (1.89–2.20); and bathing the child, 2.01 (1.84–2.18). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the greater time constraints imposed by longer working hours constitute a major factor that discourages fathers from engaging in childrearing behavior. Intervention targeting long working hours could contribute to measures aimed at promoting high-engagement parenting behaviors among fathers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10334997/ /pubmed/37441647 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1100923 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kasamatsu, Tsuchida, Matsumura, Hamazaki, Inoue, Inadera and the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Kasamatsu, Haruka
Tsuchida, Akiko
Matsumura, Kenta
Hamazaki, Kei
Inoue, Mariko
Inadera, Hidekuni
Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title_full Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title_fullStr Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title_full_unstemmed Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title_short Impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
title_sort impact of longer working hours on fathers’ parenting behavior when their infants are 6  months old: the japan environment and children’s study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10334997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37441647
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1100923
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