Paternal Attachment in the First Five Years: the Role of Self-compassion, Negative Emotional Symptoms, Parenting Stress, and Parent Self-efficacy

Mancini, Vincent O.; De Palma, Mia; Barker, James L.; Kharrazi, Sohail; Izett, Elizabeth; Rooney, Rosanna; Finlay-Jones, Amy L.

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Paternal Attachment in the First Five Years: the Role of Self-compassion, Negative Emotional Symptoms, Parenting Stress, and Parent Self-efficacy

Mancini, Vincent O., De Palma, Mia, Barker, James L., Kharrazi, Sohail, Izett, Elizabeth, Rooney, Rosanna, Finlay-Jones, Amy L.·2023·Mindfulness

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Higher levels of self-compassion were related to higher quality of paternal bonding in a sample of 175 fathers of children aged 0 to 5 years.
“Regarding selfcompassion, Mancini et al. (2023) found that higher levels of self-compassion were related to higher quality of paternal bonding, as assessed in a sample of 175 fathers of children aged 0 to 5 years.”
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Authors: Mancini, V. O., De Palma, M., Barker, J. L., Kharrazi, S., Izett, E., Rooney, R., & Finlay-Jones, A. L.
Affiliations: The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
Curtin University (AU)
Corresponding author: Mancini, Vincent O.
ORCID: Mancini, Vincent O.
Rooney, Rosanna
Venue: Mindfulness
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2022-11-26
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 335-347
ISSN: 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
1868-8535
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-022-02028-w
OpenAlex: W4309988279
Cited by: 20
References: 75
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3
FWCI: 4.25
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords: paternal attachment, self-compassion, parental stress, parental self-efficacy, early childhood, fathers, parental mental health, indirect effects

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