A Correlational Study on Father's Involvement in Child Rearing During Infancy Period and Well-Being Among Mothers Residing in Selected Areas of Derabassi, District Mohali Punjab

Abstract

Introduction : Child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship. Methodology : The research design used was Non-Experimental Correlational Research Design. The total sample was 80 mothers of infant, which are selected by purposive sampling technique. The tool selected for present study was divided into three sections: i.e Demographic variables, three-point rating scale and likert scale to assess father's involvement in child rearing during infancy period.  The tool was validated by 10 nursing experts for establishing the content validity the internal consistency of the tool  was assessed by the value of r , that was calculated using Karl Pearson correlation coefficient formula. Reliability of the tool rating scale and likert scale was found to be r =0.8 in each, which indicated that the tool are highly reliable. Results : The major analysis revealed that Majority of the fathers, 68% were moderately involved in child rearing during infancy period. Majority, 70% of the respondents had average level of well-being due to father's involvement in child rearing during infancy period. Well-being of mothers was more in the areas of emotional (66.74%) and physical (66.38%). There was fairly positive correlation (r= 0.77) between fathers' involvement in child rearing during infancy period and well-being of mothers. Significant association was found between father's involvement in child rearing during infancy period among mothers and demographic variables age (F=3.044), type of family (t=3.381) and number of children (F=4.29) at p ? 0.05 level. Conclusions : There was fairly positive correlation between father's involvement in child rearing during infancy period and well-being among mothers. Significant association was found between father's involvement in child rearing during infancy period and demographic variables age, type of family and number of children.