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Title: Identifying Father Involvement Profiles among Chinese Rural Children Using Latent Profile Analysis: The Relations to Depressive Symptoms and the Moderating Role of Parental Relationship
Language: English
Authors: Ying Liu (ORCID 0009-0000-4112-8156), Huan Wei (ORCID 0009-0009-2845-5203), Yingyu Wang (ORCID 0009-0009-4984-1787), Tong Chen (ORCID 0009-0001-3471-4277), Yuan Fang (ORCID 0000-0002-3629-9257)
Source: Youth & Society. 2026 58(3):414-435.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas, Marital Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship, Children, Mothers, Fathers, Interpersonal Relationship, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Correlation
Geographic Terms: China
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Childrens Depression Inventory
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X251348947
ISSN: 0044-118X
1552-8499
Abstract: Based on Lamb's three-dimension model, this study identified different profiles of father involvement using latent profile analysis. Then, this study examined the differences in depressive symptoms across these profiles, along with the moderating role of parental relationship. A total of 750 Chinese rural children (M[subscript age] = 11.86, SD[subscript age] = 0.60; 53.07% males) were included in the study. The results identified three profiles: Low, Moderate, and High father involvement. Rural children in the Low father involvement profile showed higher depressive symptoms than the other two profiles. Parental relationship moderated this association. Specifically, in cases of a disharmonious parental relationship, moderate and high father involvement significantly reduced depressive symptoms. In cases of average and harmonious parental relationships, high father involvement significantly reduced depressive symptoms. This research highlights that, despite limited rural fathers' involvement, a harmonious relationship between parents can powerfully compensate.
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