From Sperm to Fatherhood: An Experimental Approach to Determinants of Paternal Responsibility

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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000486188600034&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
eISSN
1573-2800
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: IY1YW
  • PubMed Identifier: 31236802
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
7
Zeitschrift
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Schlüsselwörter
  • Fatherhood
  • Attribution
  • Gender
  • Family
  • Social perception
  • Attribution
Paginierung
2217 - 2228
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Titel
From Sperm to Fatherhood: An Experimental Approach to Determinants of Paternal Responsibility
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
48

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Autoren
DOI
10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
eISSN
1573-2800
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
7
Zeitschrift
Archives of Sexual Behavior
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2019
Paginierung
2217 - 2228
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
From Sperm to Fatherhood: An Experimental Approach to Determinants of Paternal Responsibility
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
48

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Abstract
During the last decades, there has been a substantial change in family structure in Western societies. The standing of the classical nuclear family has changed from the norm to just one option out of many, and the understanding of family has diversified. Biologically deterministic conceptions of parenthood have thus started to erode. Despite this, the circumstances under which a biological father is perceived as a social father have not been studied so far. Across four experimental studies, we tried to explore the antecedents which explain differences in the ascription of social fatherhood. Study 1 (N = 85) provided strong support for the notion that the level of perceived social fatherhood differs between one-night stands and sperm donation. Three additional experiments empirically tested the plausibility of three potential reasons for this large difference. Study 2 (N = 88) provided no support for the role of the naturalness of the insemination process. Study 3 (N = 341) tested the role of the time of negotiation of fatherhood but did not provide support for the idea that the time of negotiating fatherhood (before vs. after conception) determines attributions of responsibility. A final Study 4 (N = 173), however, supported the notion that a woman's strategy of negotiating sex as a functional means to achieve a pregnancy reduced paternal responsibility. The sex of the rater as an independent variable did not have any effect on the ascriptions of fatherhood. Across all studies, we neither found a main effect of sex of the rater on ascription of fatherhood nor an interaction with the experimental condition. The results of the studies are discussed with respect to changing conceptions of fatherhood.
Addresses
  • Social and Legal Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Binger Str. 14-16, 55122, Mainz, Germany. pia.lamberty@uni-mainz.de.
Autoren
DOI
10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
eISSN
1573-2800
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 31236802
Open access
false
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
7
Zeitschrift
Archives of sexual behavior
Schlüsselwörter
  • Spermatozoa
  • Humans
  • Father-Child Relations
  • Fathers
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Male
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2019
Paginierung
2217 - 2228
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2019
Titel
From Sperm to Fatherhood: An Experimental Approach to Determinants of Paternal Responsibility.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
48

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
During the last decades, there has been a substantial change in family structure in Western societies. The standing of the classical nuclear family has changed from the norm to just one option out of many, and the understanding of family has diversified. Biologically deterministic conceptions of parenthood have thus started to erode. Despite this, the circumstances under which a biological father is perceived as a social father have not been studied so far. Across four experimental studies, we tried to explore the antecedents which explain differences in the ascription of social fatherhood. Study 1 (N = 85) provided strong support for the notion that the level of perceived social fatherhood differs between one-night stands and sperm donation. Three additional experiments empirically tested the plausibility of three potential reasons for this large difference. Study 2 (N = 88) provided no support for the role of the naturalness of the insemination process. Study 3 (N = 341) tested the role of the time of negotiation of fatherhood but did not provide support for the idea that the time of negotiating fatherhood (before vs. after conception) determines attributions of responsibility. A final Study 4 (N = 173), however, supported the notion that a woman's strategy of negotiating sex as a functional means to achieve a pregnancy reduced paternal responsibility. The sex of the rater as an independent variable did not have any effect on the ascriptions of fatherhood. Across all studies, we neither found a main effect of sex of the rater on ascription of fatherhood nor an interaction with the experimental condition. The results of the studies are discussed with respect to changing conceptions of fatherhood.
Date of acceptance
2019
Autoren
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31236802
DOI
10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
eISSN
1573-2800
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
7
Zeitschrift
Arch Sex Behav
Schlüsselwörter
  • Attribution
  • Family
  • Fatherhood
  • Gender
  • Social perception
  • Adult
  • Father-Child Relations
  • Fathers
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Spermatozoa
Sprache
eng
Country
United States
Paginierung
2217 - 2228
PII
10.1007/s10508-019-01480-5
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2020
Titel
From Sperm to Fatherhood: An Experimental Approach to Determinants of Paternal Responsibility.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
48

Data source: PubMed

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