TY - JOUR
T1 - The entrance to the maternal garden
T2 - Environmental and personal variables that explain maternal gatekeeping
AU - Kulik, Liat
AU - Tsoref, Hani
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study examined variables that explain maternal gatekeeping (attitudes that restrict the involvement of fathers in child care) among a sample of Israeli women (n = 88) with young children aged between two and six. Based on a family systems approach, several main explanatory variables were examined: the mother's gender role ideology; desire for control; satisfaction with her husband's involvement in child care; perception of support from the extended family in child care; and background variables of the mother, child, and dyadic unit. The findings indicate that the mother's gender role ideology contributed the most to explaining maternal gatekeeping. Other significant explanatory variables were the mother's satisfaction with her husband's involvement in child care, the mother's level of education, and family income. In light of the findings, practical ecommendations for family practitioners are presented.
AB - This study examined variables that explain maternal gatekeeping (attitudes that restrict the involvement of fathers in child care) among a sample of Israeli women (n = 88) with young children aged between two and six. Based on a family systems approach, several main explanatory variables were examined: the mother's gender role ideology; desire for control; satisfaction with her husband's involvement in child care; perception of support from the extended family in child care; and background variables of the mother, child, and dyadic unit. The findings indicate that the mother's gender role ideology contributed the most to explaining maternal gatekeeping. Other significant explanatory variables were the mother's satisfaction with her husband's involvement in child care, the mother's level of education, and family income. In light of the findings, practical ecommendations for family practitioners are presented.
KW - Desirability of control
KW - Family support
KW - Gender role ideology
KW - Maternal gatekeeping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957239611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09589236.2010.494342
DO - 10.1080/09589236.2010.494342
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AN - SCOPUS:77957239611
SN - 0958-9236
VL - 19
SP - 263
EP - 277
JO - Journal of Gender Studies
JF - Journal of Gender Studies
IS - 3
ER -