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Psychological Flexibility, Traditional Masculinity Ideology, and Parenting Among Fathers in IPV Intervention Programs
Amie Zarling1, Meg Berta1, Alison White1
1Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Family Process
|November 27, 2025
Summary
Reducing psychological inflexibility improved parenting warmth and involvement in fathers with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV). Interventions should target psychological flexibility for better father-child relationships.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Criminology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Limited research exists on parenting practices of fathers with intimate partner violence (IPV) history.
- Few studies examine the impact of intervention programs on parenting warmth and involvement in this population.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between psychological flexibility, masculinity, and parenting among fathers in intervention programs.
- To assess the effects of court-mandated interventions on parenting warmth and involvement.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial involving 143 fathers in two intervention programs.
- Self-report data collected pre- and post-treatment (7-month interval).
- Regression analyses to determine predictors of parenting outcomes.
Main Results:
- Fathers showed significant improvement in psychological inflexibility; no significant changes in flexibility, masculinity ideology, or parenting warmth/involvement.
- Post-treatment psychological flexibility and inflexibility predicted parenting warmth and involvement.
- Traditional masculinity ideology did not predict parenting outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Reducing psychological inflexibility is key to enhancing parenting warmth and involvement in fathers with IPV history.
- Interventions can be tailored to improve father-child relationships by focusing on psychological flexibility.
- Further research is needed, considering limitations like sample size reduction due to COVID-19.
Keywords:
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