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

Zvara, Bharathi Jayanthi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958

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2009, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human Development and Family Science.
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.
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, PhD (Advisor)
Claire Kamp Dush, PhD (Committee Member)
65 p.
Educational Psychology; Families and Family Life; Psychology; Social Psychology; Social Research
Low Birth weight; Father education; Cognitive Development

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  • Zvara, B. J. (2009). CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES? [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zvara, Bharathi. CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES? 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zvara, Bharathi. "CAN FATHERS’ EDUCATION LEVEL MODERATE RELATIONS BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES?" Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243447958

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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