Prevalence of father-child rough-and-tumble play and physical aggression in preschool children |
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| Authors: | Daniel Paquette René Carbonneau Diane Dubeau Marc Bigras Richard E Tremblay |
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| Institution: | 1.Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Social des jeunes, Centre jeunesse de Montréal,GRAVE-ARDEC,Montréal,Canada;2.School of Criminology,University of Montreal,Montreal,Canada;3.GRAVE-ARDEC, Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie,Université du Québec en Outaouais, Pavillon Alexandre-Taché,Hull,Canada;4.Department of special education,University of Sherbrooke,Sherbrooke,Canada;5.GRIP-Université de Montréal,Université de Montréal,Montréal |
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| Abstract: | Three samples of francophone subjects from Quebec (Canada) are used to establish the prevalence of parent-child RTP according
to different personal, social and family variables, and to verify if children who engage in more RTP with their father exhibit
less physical aggression towards other children and are more competitive without resorting to aggression. Our results showed
that 24 to 43% of fathers engaged in RTP with their children on a daily basis, and only 4 to 16% of fathers never do. Moreover,
personal characteristics such as the age and sex of the participants seemed to have a greater influence on the frequency of
parent-child RTP than variables related for example to work, socio-economic conditions, or the living environment. The hypothesis
that children who engage in more RTP with their fathers display less physical aggression towards their peers is invalidated
here. We have concluded that it is important that not only RTP frequency, but also and especially indicators of RTP quality
be used. Future observational studies of father-child RTP are required in order to do so. Finally, certain preliminary results
support the hypothesis that father-child RTP fosters the development of the competition skills in children without using aggression. |
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