Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Associations Between Paternal Sensitivity and Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes in Preterm Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis
Originally published 2026-09-01 · Child
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/cch.70338 ↗
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What do researchers notice when they observe a father responding to his child?
Combining two cohorts lets the authors examine father sensitivity alongside developmental outcomes in families with different birth histories.
Who was studied?
Children born preterm or at term in Australian and Israeli cohorts and their fathers
Age / stage: Childhood after preterm or term birth
Read with three questions
- What do researchers notice when they observe a father responding to his child?
- What was measured at each observation, and what other influences might account for the link?
- Which features of the study population (children born preterm or at term in Australian and Israeli cohorts and their fathers) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Pooling Australian and Israeli cohorts increased coverage, but comparisons of paternal behavior with later development still depend on which families were followed and which measures the cohorts shared.
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Noa Gueron‐Sela; Karli Treyvaud; Naama Atzaba‐Poria; Jeanie Cheong; Alicia Spittle; Tal Yatziv; Peter J Anderson; Julia Jaekel (2026). Associations Between Paternal Sensitivity and Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes in Preterm Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis Child. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70338
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