Dissertations / Theses: 'Father young'

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Wheat, Janette Renee. "Adolescent/Young Fathers' Involvement With Their Children: The Role Of Social Support." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1053375598.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xvi, 127 p.: ill. Includes abstract and vita. Jerelyn B. Schultz, College of Human Ecology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-89).

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Tefteller, David Hjortaas. "The Influence of Father Involvement and Family Structure Variables on Young Adult-Father Relationship Quality." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1405094364.

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Wilson, Octavia Blanche. "Predictors of Primary Caregiving for Young Children among New Zealand Fathers." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5994.

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Around 14,000 men in New Zealand are the primary caregiver for their children, yet little recent research has focused on this phenomenon. Seventy fathers were recruited from the community, consisting of 35 primary-caregiving fathers, and 35 secondary-caregiving fathers. Participants completed a variety of measures which gathered data about their developmental history, personal characteristics, marital relationship, work and economic factors, social network factors, and child characteristics. Results indicated that primary-caregiving fathers earned significantly less income than secondary-caregiving fathers; were significantly more likely to identify with non-Pakeha ethnicity, and were significantly more likely to have no educational qualifications than secondary-caregiving fathers. Primary-caregiving fathers also rated their relationship with their mother as having significantly more care. Primary-caregiving status was predicted by older age of fathers, and increased parenting self-efficacy. Implications of the results are discussed, as are strengths and limitations of the study, as well as future directions for research.

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YTTERBERG, DEBORAH ANNE. "THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT DIVORCE: YOUNG ADULTS FROM FATHER-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192271.

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Peterson, Camille C. "Father Involvement, Nurturant Fathering, and the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adult Daughters." DigitalCommons@USU, 2007. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2587.

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The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between father involvement, nurturant fathering, and the psychological well-being among young adult women. A total of 99 young adult, female, university students completed retrospective measures of nurturant fathering, father involvement, and measures of current psychological well-being (measured in terms of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and psychological distress). Results indicated that retrospective perceptions of both father involvement and nurturant fathering were positively correlated with daughters' current levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Perceptions of expressive involvement, and nurturant fathering were found to have the strongest relationship with self-esteem and life satisfaction. Results, however, did not indicate any significant correlations between fathering measures and daughters' current psychological distress. Together, the results of the present study provide several important implications for future father-daughter research and the field of marriage and family therapy.

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Sheehan, Tara. "The Effects of Paternal and Maternal Nurturance and Involvement on Young Adult Academic Outcomes." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1506.

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The present study examines how mothering and fathering impact child academic outcomes in divorced and intact families, and if there are unique influences of mothering and fathering variables for sons and daughters. An ethnically diverse sample of 1,714 university students from Florida International University (n=1371) and Florida State University (n=343) responded to measures on a questionnaire that included the Nurturant Fathering and Mothering Scales (Finley & Schwartz, 2004; Schwartz & Finley, 2005; Finley & Schwartz, 2006), the Mother and Father Involvement Scales (Finley, Mira, & Schwartz, 2008), demographic measures, and academic outcome measures. In intact families, mothering and fathering variables were significantly correlated with each other, and positively correlated with child academic outcomes including grades, GPA, academic satisfaction, and academic importance. In divorced families, mothering and fathering variables were not correlated with each other. Furthermore, when analyzing divorced families, significant effects were found for both parent and child gender. Mothering variables were found to have the greatest positive impact for sons’ academic outcomes. Maternal nurturance and maternal involvement were correlated positively with academic outcomes for sons from divorced families and accounted for 3-4% of the unique variance explained. Consistently, desired mother involvement, how much involvement the child wished they had received, was negatively correlated with academic outcomes for sons from divorced families and accounted for 10-15% of the unique variance explained. This means that when the amount of maternal involvement that sons in divorced families received matched or exceeded their desired level of involvement, sons had more positive academic outcomes including grades, GPA, satisfaction with academics and academic importance. This suggests that in intact family forms, nurturant and involved mothering and fathering have a positive effect on academic outcomes for sons and daughters. In divorced family forms, the effects of fathering on child academic outcomes were not significant. Therefore, in divorced families, the positive effects fathering on academic outcomes of sons and daughters drop out, and mothers are uniquely important for sons’ academic success.

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Heeman, Vanessa C. "Interpersonal Communication Motives, Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Father-Young Adult Daughter Relationships." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227772329.

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Thorne, David R. "Father absence and its effect on young adults' choices of cohabitation, marriage and divorce." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1449.

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Yaxley, Meika J. "Perceived fatherly affirmation and father-daughter bond: their influence on young women's self-esteem, body-image esteem and adult attachment style /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19212.pdf.

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Yanakieva, Elena R. "Fathers' Involvement in their Young Children's Everyday Life: A Look at Father's Involvement in his Preschool Child's Physical, Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Development." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2004. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/YanakievaER2004.pdf.

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Jarvis, Jonathan A. "IS THE PARTY OVER? Unmarried Fatherhood and Drug and Alcohol Use." Diss., CLICK HERE for online acess, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd941.pdf.

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Stanley, Patricia. "A Study Of Young Father College Enrollees: An Investigation Of Shared Parenting With Implications For Public Policy (Family)." Scholarly Commons, 1985. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3267.

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Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes a specific group of young fathers have toward (a) shared parenting, and (b) proposed public policies designed to assist two-wage earner families. The data collected were used to make recommendations useful to teachers who plan curriculum for family life, parenting or parenthood classes. Procedure. The data were collected by interviewing a non-random sample of sixty young fathers enrolled in college at four Northern California universities. The telephone or in-person interviews utilized a structured interview guide and were recorded on audio tape. Findings. The sixty male subjects were primarily seniors and graduate students between the ages of 29 and 35. The subjects were married to women who themselves had career goals and either graduate or undergraduate degrees themselves. The subjects were all fathers of one to three children who were primarily of preschool or elementary school age. Eleven parenting responsibilities were identified and it was concluded that these fathers most often share discipline and those responsibilities that do not interfere with their work or study schedules. Mothers retained the major responsibility for caretaking. The subjects showed a preference for traditional roles and were uncertain about their feelings in regard to working mothers and the effect working mothers have on children. The subjects believed the trend to more two-wage earner families would continue for economic reasons. When asked about eight identified public policy proposals designed to assist two-wage earner families, the subjects indicated they would generally support a more explicit family policy, but would prefer that help come from the work place. Two policies given particular support were the flextime and corporate day care. Recommendations. Further research should be pursued to explore shared parenting attitudes among young fathers. Input into parenting classes should involve fathers and curriculum for tomorrow's parents should be future-oriented in order to prepare young people for their potential dual roles as parents and wage earners. Further, students should be informed of public policy proposals to assist two-wage earner families; and fathers, along with mothers, should become involved in public policy formation that affects families and influences child care. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)

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Hessl, David R. "Fathering young children : maternal depression, paternal mental health, and marital adjustment as determinants of involvement and parenting /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9044.

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Hellenthal, Rebecca L. "The separate and combined effects of mother, father, and peer attachment on young adolescents' social, behavioral, and emotional adjustment." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1149616245.

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Ho, Ka-wai, and 何家慧. "Mother and father reported emotion coaching tendency : relations to young children's social competence as mediated by children's emotion regulation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209550.

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This study examined the unique and joint association between mothers’ and fathers’ reported emotion coaching tendency and six to eight-year-old children’s (N= 74, 33 boys and 44 girls co-residing with parents) social competence. Parents completed questionnaires assessing their emotion coaching to children’s negative emotions, children’s emotion regulation and social skills. Mothers’ and fathers’ emotion coaching tendency showed an addictive effect on children social competence and such processes were dependent on child gender. Moreover, child emotion regulation mediated the positive effect of maternal emotion coaching on children’s social competence. Parenting programmes seem worthy of educating both mothers and fathers on the importance of emotions and emotion regulation of their children.
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Glenn, Stephanie. "EFFECTS OF FATHER ABSENCE ON AGE OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND CURRENT STRESS AND ATTACHMENT LEVELS OF YOUNG ADULT WOMEN." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/61.

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This study bridges the gap in literature about the impact of father absence on female adult attachment and current stress levels. A sample of 666 female college students between the ages of 18 and 22 at the University of Kentucky was recruited to complete an online survey about their experience with their fathers and the effects on their attachment and stress levels, while assessing the age of their first sexual experience. Father absence seems to be a significant predictor of earlier sexual activity among females and anxious attachment styles, along with higher stress levels. When the father is absent from the home, females have sex earlier than when the father is present in the home. Females who experience father absence have higher anxious attachment levels and higher current stress levels. These findings inform therapists about the importance of recognizing attachment injuries when dealing with individuals and supports the need for mother and father involvement in a female’s life.

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Hellenthal, Rebecca Lynn. "THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF MOTHER, FATHER, AND PEER ATTACHMENT ON YOUNG ADOLESCENTS’ SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1149616245.

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Hylén, Sara, and Lisa Viuhko. "Unga pappor i Örebro : En fokusgruppsstudie kring upplevelser och behov." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-7085.

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Mathieson, Anna E. "What are the experiences of young men in the United Kingdom transitioning to becoming a father for the first time?" Thesis, University of Surrey, 2015. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/808432/.

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Purpose: To explore the lived experiences of young men in the United Kingdom (UK) who became a father for the first time at a young age. Methods: The study used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of interviews with four young men in the UK who had become a father for the first time between the age of 16 and 25 years old. Recruitment was via organisations that provide practical and emotional support to young people. These include children’s centres and charities aimed at facilitating young people to increase their social support networks. The IPA process involved analysing the data from in-depth semi-structured interviews individually and eventually identifying superordinate themes from across the interviews. Results: Three superordinate themes emerged from the interviews that were thought to be most pertinent to understanding the experiences of the young fathers: Developing an identity as a father; Coming to terms with the responsibilities of fatherhood; and Networks. Interviewees spoke of a gradual process of adjustment to becoming a father whilst reflecting on their readiness for fatherhood at their specific age. They described struggles in supporting their family and the increased sense of responsibility that they experienced. Participants did not discuss these challenges as being directly linked to their young age. Interviewees discussed the varying degrees of support they had received, particularly commenting on negative interactions with health professionals. Experiences of support from friends and family members varied. Conclusions: This study provides an in-depth insight into the experiences of four young men becoming a father for the first time. It highlights both the challenges and the gratifications that the transition to fatherhood at a young age can have and the impact that the transition can have upon wider relationships. While participants did not explicitly relate any difficulties as being a direct result of their age, the findings do suggest that transition to fatherhood at a young age may create a conflict in identity development which can lead to an increased need for support.

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Passey, Julie. "An exploration of Family Learning with particular focus on the perspective of the father." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/10725.

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What is the nature and purpose of Family Learning? The discourses relating to how a strong home-school relationship affects attitudes to Lifelong Learning and the impact of paternal involvement in young children's development have been well researched and document clear links and positive, enduring benefits for families and professionals. In spite, or perhaps because of this focus, the means by which these connections are achieved and maintained remains less well explored. The issues that need addressing now are more tangible challenges, such as: what does good practice look like, who decides which notions are consolidated, when and why? Coupled with questions such as how do we get more fathers more involved and what will enable these relationships to flourish, this research reports on the initial findings from a small-scale exploratory inquiry, conducted as part of a professional doctorate, which considers a possible approach to these issues. It is an illuminative case study, located within an interpretive research paradigm, based on ontological assumptions of empowerment and emancipation for participants. A sociocultural epistemology informs and frames the work. The study sets out to explore the value and potential of Family Learning as a means of focused intervention in response to the questions raised, whilst also examining and increasing awareness of the issues involved, as seen by participants, to facilitate the expression of paternal agency and voice within the research process. The data collection, conducted over a period of six months, focuses on an existing Fathers’ Group, as they participate in a Family Learning project. It seeks to establish the nature and purpose of this type of provision, by clarifying the processes, outcomes and determinants of involvement through the eyes of the fathers, as they define and ultimately come to terms with their own identity and roles, in relation to their young children's development. The research centres on two workshops supported by several participant-led focus meetings. Two semi-structured staff interviews offer insight into the role that both professional and personal cultural and historical understandings of Family Learning play in the process, whilst the data analysis illuminates and describes the relationships between parents and practitioners, policy and pedagogy. The research observations could be used to inform approaches to both the establishment and the development of individual, personalised family frameworks for Lifelong Learning. The findings may also contribute towards a fresh perspective and offer creative approaches for professionals, in which pedagogical practice is not pre-determined but constantly evolving, on an equal and collaborative basis, between professionals and participants. This study offers a critical examination of grassroots Family Learning in practice. It is firmly embedded within and responsive to the needs of its local community. It aims to provide independent evidence to reinforce and extend the current knowledge base and ultimately, to maintain, strengthen and expand the connections between Family and Lifelong Learning.

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Martin, M. Jodi. "Quality of Parent-Child Relationships, Attachment, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Two Investigations in Young Adult Samples." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31194.

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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a destructive behaviour engaged in by a large proportion of youth and young adults in current society. Despite previous work, the recent revision of the DSM does not include NSSI as a distinct syndrome; instead it remains in a category for disorders requiring additional research. Thus, in order to better understand the many etiological components underlying NSSI behaviour, still more investigation is required. To this end the current investigations aimed to further elaborate upon known links between NSSI behaviour and parent-child relationships from two perspectives: first, with regard to the overall quality of relationships with parents, and second, with specific focus on the impact of attachment representations of early relationships with parents. Though both perspectives have been investigated in the past, the current studies were developed to alleviate methodological limitations of the existing literature. Study 1 adopted a person-centered approach to examine patterns of perceived relationship quality reported by self-injuring youth based on the combination of multiple relational characteristics; these patterns were then compared with several indices related to different manifestations of NSSI behaviour. Results show heterogeneity in the perceptions of parent-child relationship quality in self-injurers, such that both negative and positive family backgrounds were implicated in the behaviour. Further analyses demonstrate that the level of risk presented by a self-injuring individual can be differentiated based on perceived quality of parent-child relationship. Study 2 investigated how individuals’ internalized states of mind regarding early attachment experiences are related to NSSI, with particular attention dedicated to the relative influences of child maltreatment and attachment representation. Attachment representations reflecting deficits in emotion regulation (preoccupied, unresolved/cannot classify) were most common in self-injurers. Moreover, self-reported childhood maltreatment and attachment states of mind independently contributed to the prediction of NSSI. Lastly, findings suggest that distinct relational influences characteristic of relationships with mothers and fathers are associated with NSSI. The two studies presented here significantly contribute to existing knowledge concerning parental influences in the etiology of NSSI. These investigations add to existing knowledge of NSSI, and may ultimately aid in preventing and treating this damaging behaviour.

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Díaz, Morán Mauricio. "Representaciones mentales de la figura paterna en un grupo de padres jóvenes limeños." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654916.

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La presente investigación buscó describir desde un marco teórico psicoanalítico, la construcción de las representaciones mentales de la figura paterna en un grupo de padres jóvenes limeños. Se realizó a partir del método cualitativo y diseño fenomenológico. Los participantes fueron 5 varones limeños con edades entre 23 y 27 años, pertenecientes al nivel socioeconómico C. Los datos se recolectaron a partir de un instrumento: una entrevista semi-estructurada a profundidad. Los resultados se organizaron desde un análisis temático inductivo con sub temas emergentes y permitieron hallar que sus representaciones mentales de la figura paterna presentan 3 temas principales. El primer tema es “Mi padre: amor y deuda”, en el cual se observan los sentimientos ambivalentes hacia sus padres traducidos en idealización y reclamos; el segundo tema es “La figura paterna como autoridad y ley”, donde se aprecia la dificultad de definir el rol de un padre que pone límites a sus hijos; y el tercer tema es “Mi propia experiencia de paternidad”, que muestra el deseo de los participantes por ser buenos padres tomando de referencia a sus propios padres y a la vez querer ser mejores que ellos. El hallazgo central del estudio permitió observar que las representaciones mentales de la figura paterna se sostienen en la ambivalencia de los participantes respecto al vínculo con sus padres, asimismo, necesitaron idealizar al padre en la necesidad de tener un referente para ellos poder ejercer una paternidad deseada.
The present research sought to describe from a psychoanalytic theoretical framework, the construction of the mental representations of the father figure in a group of young Lima parents. It was carried out from the qualitative method and phenomenological design. The participants were 5 men from Lima with ages between 23 and 27 years old, belonging to socioeconomic level C. Data were collected from an instrument: a semi-structured in-depth interview. The results were organized from an inductive thematic analysis with emerging sub-themes and allowed to find that their mental representations of the father figure present 3 main themes. The first theme is "My father: love and debt", in which ambivalent feelings towards his parents are observed, translated into idealization and claims; the second topic is “The father figure as authority and law”, where the difficulty of defining the role of a father who sets limits on his children is appreciated; and the third theme is “My own parenting experience”, which shows the participants' desire to be good parents by referring to their own parents and once they want to be better than them. The central finding of the study is to observe that the mental representations of the father figure are sustained by the ambivalence of the participants regarding the bond with their parents, also, they needed to idealize the father in the need to have a reference for them to be able to exercise a desired paternity.
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Hettler, Janet Beverly. "Young fathers' experiences, the process of becoming." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0018/MQ55190.pdf.

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Gule, Sibusiso Anthony. "A pastoral approach to unemployed young fathers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61212.

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The study was undertaken from a pastoral care perspective in order to understand the subjective effects of unemployment on young fathers and to ultimately develop a healing methodology for them. A qualitative approach was sought and 17 participants were invited to participate in the study. The sampling group was from the residents of Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in South Africa. The political landscape of South Africa captured the researcher's attention and the researcher decided to examine how the current government of South Africa added to the high unemployment rate that has affected the young fathers. Am empirical study was conducted among young fathers between the ages 20 to 40 in order to understand their subjective experiences. Partners of unemployed young fathers were also interviewed and a wealth of information, which was significant to this study, was gathered. Pastors of different denominations were also invited to participate in this study in order to understand how much attention was being given to the unemployed young fathers. In order to validate the data that was collected from the unemployed young fathers and partners of unemployed young fathers; health professionals were also invited to participate in this study. Interviews were conducted with a social worker, physician and a psychologist. These participants provided a wealth of information that gave a deeper understanding, and a clearer perspective, on how unemployment affects the young fathers, their children, partners and family members. A healing methodology was then developed by the researcher which was guided by authentic pastoral care theology and the researcher went all out to make sure that the healing methodology he proposed is S.M.A.R.T i.e. it is Specific as it targets young unemployed fathers, it is Measurable as it suggests an indicator of progress in the process of healing, it is Assignable as it specifies who will do what, it is Realistic, meaning the ultimate goal of healing can be achieved and lastly that it is Testable through the wealth of theological models that were used. The study ends with the findings and recommendations for future research.
Dissertation (MA (Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Practical Theology
MA (Theology)
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Washle, Edwin J. "Fathers and young-adult children : factors affecting relationship strength /." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-135908/.

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Mercer, Gareth D. "Do fathers care? Measuring mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of fathers’ involvement in caring for young children in South Africa." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54042.

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Fathers can be an important source of support for children. However, in South Africa, many children do not reside with their biological father and little is known about fathers’ involvement in children’s care. A questionnaire that reliably measures fathers’ involvement and is adaptable to varied residential arrangements would facilitate future population-level research. We explored whether children who reside with their biological father have better health than children whose fathers live elsewhere. We also assessed whether a questionnaire adapted from surveys in the United States would reliably measure South African fathers’ involvement in caring for infants. With data from the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey, we used multilevel logistic regression to estimate associations between father-child co-residence status and four child health outcomes: breastfeeding for ≥6 months; immunization completeness; recent acute respiratory infection; and recent diarrhea. We found that children with non-co-resident fathers were not at higher risk of these health outcomes. As part of a separate longitudinal cohort study in the Western Cape, we had a sample of mothers complete questionnaires about their infants’ fathers’ care involvement when infants were 2 weeks, 16 weeks and 6 months old. Using Item Response Theory models we estimated the distribution of the fathers’ levels of involvement in five hypothetically distinct modes of care. We used total information functions to assess the precision of father involvement estimates. Most fathers were reportedly spending time with infants, doing routine care activities and providing financially. Fewer fathers were involved in important care decisions or doing household chores. For most fathers in the sample, the questionnaire gave precise estimates of involvement in three modes of care: Accessibility, Direct Caregiving, and Practical Support for Mother. In contrast, items measuring Material Provisioning and Responsibility gave imprecise estimates for the majority of fathers. Our findings reinforce existing evidence that co-residence status is an inadequate proxy for care involvement. Future population-level research into fathers’ influences on children’s health should directly measure fathers’ care practices. With further validation, the questionnaire assessed in this study could be used to measure the more direct modes of infant care.
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Brewster, Lynne C. "Triadic interaction among young children and their mothers and fathers." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11476/.

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Recent research into the interaction which occurs between mother, father and child has tended to view the interaction as two dyadic interactions, one occurring between the mother and the child and the other occurring between the father and the child (Barton and Tomesello, 1994). None of these studies have viewed the triadic interaction which exists when mother, father and child are present as anything other than a series of dyadic interactions. In this study, three groups of children aged 12 months, 24 months and 36 months were videotaped for 15 minutes with their fathers and mothers while they ate lunch. Three additional children and their parents were followed in a longitudinal study. The interactions were coded from the videotapes. Included in the coding were turns that were monadic, dyadic, double dyadic and triadic and thus incorporated interactions which are exclusive to polyadic interaction. It was found necessary to include non-verbal behaviors to assist in the definition of the turn and its direction within the interaction. The work examines the way infants and young children gain access to the triad and how the interactive behavior changes as the child's communicative competence develops. The changes in parental interaction styles are also analyzed as a function of the age of the child.

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Cline, Jacqueline A. "Occupational self-direction, education, and fathers' involvement with young children." Connect to resource, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/37037.

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Reeves, Jane. ""You've got to keep your head on " : a study of the stories young male service users tell about the transition to fatherhood." n.p, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Granillo, Olga Elena Herrerra. "Teen fatherhood: A preliminary study of young Latino men as fathers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1856.

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Hammond, Shaun. "Young fathers : perceptions and experiences of the transition to first-time fatherhood." Thesis, University of Essex, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571477.

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This study explored personal perceptions and experiences of first-time fatherhood in order to explore how young men (18-24 years) experienced the transition to early fatherhood. It sought to extend our understanding of young fathers by attending to the pleasures and distresses of first-time fatherhood. In addition, it examined how internal and external processes influenced young men's adult development and perceived well- being. Twenty semi-structured interviews, consisting of open-ended questions, were conducted at locations in East Anglia. Framework (Ritchie and Spencer, 1994) was employed as the analytical approach. Most young men overwhelmingly welcomed the perceived changes brought about by young fatherhood and identified these changes as a consequence of the transition to young fatherhood. Most fathers delineated with great enthusiasm their pleasure at becoming fathers and the challenge to normative judgements of young fathers. Pleasures included role competency, becoming more sharing with others and new biographies. They were less prepared to discuss distresses, but those outlined included social isolation, obstacles to child access and negative stereotypes. The biographical approach adopted has highlighted the importance of considering both personal and social processes in mapping experiences. These processes had important transformative consequences for adult development and well-being. This study has contributed to our knowledge of young fathers by illustrating the pleasures associated with the transition to young fatherhood and how fatherhood affects personal biographies, whilst acknowledging how for some men, young fatherhood can be a time of distress and anxiety.

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Patrick, Tyler D. "Fathers' Perceptions of Relationships With Young Adolescent Children: Implications for Family Therapy." DigitalCommons@USU, 2006. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2653.

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This study used family systems theory as a lens to examine fathers' relationships with young adolescent children as it relates to the areas of time spent together, communication between generations, and paternal satisfaction in raising an early adolescent child. Similarities and differences of scores on the Parent Success Indicator were examined for 191 Caucasian American (n=110) and African American (n=81) fathers of 10- to 14-year-old-children. Results showed that increased amounts of time that fathers report spending with children was significantly associated with paternal satisfaction, communication between generations, fathers' use of time, parental frustration, and parental teaching. Implications for training and family therapy involving fathers were also explored.

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Quigney, Ciara. "Parental food rules about eating : comparing mothers and fathers of young children." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432866.

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Wojniak, Edward John. "Depression in Men Who Are Fathers of Young Children: An Attachment Theory Perspective /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487931512620572.

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Ramirez, Cristina. "THE EFFECTS OF EMOTION SOCIALIZATION ON INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS IN YOUNG ADULTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/763.

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Parents play a significant role in how children learn to express their emotions as well as their child’s overall emotional well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of positive and negative emotion socialization experiences on internalizing disorders in young adult males and females. One-hundred and forty-two young adults between the ages of 18-28 years from a southwestern university participated in the current study. It was hypothesized that early negative emotion socialization experiences would be related to higher levels of anxiety and depression in young adulthood (and, conversely, early positive emotion socialization experiences would be related to lower levels of anxiety and depression). In addition, it was expected that fathers would engage more in negative emotion socialization behaviors than mothers, especially with sons. Participants completed the Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale- Adolescents’ Perceptions (CCNES-AP; Fabes & Eisenberg,1998), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (Beck, Epstein,Brown, & Steer, 1988), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) (Beck et al., 1961), and a demographics form. Results indicated that parental emotion socialization was significantly related to depression in males but not females. There were limited significant correlations between anxiety and emotion socialization for males, but not females. Findings supported the hypothesis that fathers tend to engage more in negative emotion socialization behaviors than mothers, especially with sons. The long-term impact for males but not females of early emotional socialization experiences is discussed within the context of gender differences in intimate peer relations throughout development. In addition, the long-term impact of mothers and fathers on how children learn to express their (negative) emotions, and the implications of such for males’ mental health, is also discussed.

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Källgren, Marika, and Emma Dunbäck. "Pappa vid unga år : Den växande magen - en faktor som påverkar insikten av att bli pappa." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-5104.

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Studien syftar till att undersöka hur unga pappor upplever och hanterar rollen som pappa. Som forum för att finna lämpliga respondenter till detta användes verksamheten ”Unga mammor och pappor”. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och baseras på fem stycken narrativa intervjuer. En intervjuguide med olika teman utformades och dessa teman följer sedan både i resultatet och i analysen. Frågeställningarna har behandlat processen; från graviditeten till idag, vilka förändringar i livssituationen faderskapet medfört, viktiga funktioner i papparollen och hur omgivning och samhälle påverkat dem som pappor. För att analysera resultatet av studien används Eriksons psykosociala utvecklingsteori, The Scripting and Life Course Perspective samt teorier om kön och genus. Resultatet i studien visar bland annat på att alla respondenterna såg positivt på sitt faderskap och de hade anammat detta till fullo. De kände alla att de hade ett stort ansvar och var delaktiga i det som rörde hem och barn. Dock ansågs det finnas en skillnad mellan pappa- och mammarollen gällande ansvarsfördelningen när barnen var små. Främst handlade detta då om att papporna var den primära familjeförsörjaren. Den största livsomställningen som framkom var att mindre tid spenderades på fritidsintressen och vänner till förmån för familjen. Vidare visade resultatet på att upplevelsen av krav från omgivning och samhälle tycks öka med barnens ålder.

The study aims to examine how young fathers experience and handle their role as fathers. As source to find suitable respondents, the program ”Unga mammor och pappor” was used. The study has a qualitative attempt and is based on five narrative interviews. A guide for the interviews was made with different themes and these themes later follows both in the result and in the analyse. The questionnaire in the study involves the process; from pregnancy until today, what kind of changes in their life situation did the fatherhood bring, important functions in the role as father and how the surrounding environment and society has effected them as fathers. To analyse the result of the study we used Eriksons psychosocial developmental theory, The Scripting and Life Course Perspective and theories about sex and gender. The result of the study shows, among other things, that the respondents were all positive to their fatherhood and they had fully adopted it. They all felt a great responsibility and participation considering home and child. However they all believed there to be a difference between the father- and the mother role concerning how to distribute the responsibility when the children are small. Mainly meaning, that the fathers were the primary family providers. The greatest change in their life situation appeared to be that less time was spent on hobbies and friends to the benefit of the family. The result also showed that their experience of the environmental and societal demands seems to grow with the ageing of the children.

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Glover, Irena J. "Through Their Eyes: Young African American Men's Perceptions of Fatherhood." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2926.

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The purpose of this study was to explore current African American fathers' experiences with being fathered, and to understand how those definitions, perceptions, and experiences of fatherhood impacted their involvement in the lives of their own children. In-depth individual interviews were conducted in Detroit, Michigan with 10 African American fathers ranging in age from 22 to 25. Ecological systems theory and identity theory served as the theoretical framework for the study. Member checking, detailed descriptions, and audit trails were used to establish trustworthiness of the data. The findings of the study showed that father involvement was directly related to or affected by being fathered. The participants' desires or abilities to be active and involved fathers with their own children were not contingent on whether their own fathers were active in their lives. The participants expressed specific ideas about what being a father means to them, the importance of the role, how they enact the role, and the impact of their role on their children. Drawing on their own experiences, both positive and negative, participants expressed an unwavering level of commitment to their role and children. The themes that emerged from the interviews included: presence, responsibility, fatherhood as a priority, acceptance, and reciprocal relationships. The participants did not equate being a father with providing financial support, but placed significant emphasis on meeting the emotional and psychological needs of their children. The need for continued exploration of father involvement among young African American fathers is necessary in order for the development of comprehensive, research-based programs to provide support for and benefit to both fathers and their children.

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Latham, Rachel M. "Mothers' and fathers' perceptions of the family context and children's adjustment : coparenting young twins." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68391/.

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Mothers' and fathers' perceptions of the quality of coparenting – the way in which they work together in their role as parents – forms the focus of three papers that comprise this thesis. Using a novel sample of ‘intact' families with young twins, this research extends the existing coparenting literature beyond its typical focus on first-born children, to include more complex families. Participants were families who were part of the Twins, Family and Behaviour (TFaB) Study, a longitudinal, multimethod study of UK families with twins born in 2009/10 conducted by myself and my colleague over a two-year period. Paper 1 examines bidirectional associations between coparenting and the marital relationship during the transition-to-school period. Controlling for cross-sectional associations and temporal stability, parents' perceptions of higher quality coparenting were associated with their subsequent report of a higher quality marital relationship. Reciprocal associations between the marital relationship and subsequent coparenting, however, were not evidenced. These findings highlight the salience of coparenting for the marital relationship, and suggest that interventions seeking to improve the couples' marital relationship should pay close attention to their coparenting. Paper 2 focuses on parenting sense of competence (PSOC), examining the role of children's disruptive behaviour, coparenting, and their interaction. For both mothers and fathers there was a significant interaction between their perceptions of coparenting and children's disruptive behaviour such that high quality coparenting may protect the PSOC of parents dealing with high levels of children's disruptive behaviour. These findings imply that practitioners and interventions concerned with promoting PSOC should pay due attention to the quality of coparenting as an important family context. Paper 3 examines family-wide and child-specific effects of coparenting and coercive parenting on the development of children's disruptive behaviour. Mothers' perceptions of coparenting interacted with maternal overall coercive parenting such that high quality coparenting intensified the toxicity of maternal coercive parenting for children's disruptive behaviour. This novel – and unexpected – finding indicates that the influence of high quality coparenting is not necessarily always positive. Coparenting interventions aiming to improve child outcomes would therefore be well-advised to also consider parenting strategies. Further research is encouraged to explore these research questions within samples of socioeconomic diversity and across family types, as well as studies designed to examine twin and non-twin family differences.

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Anthony, Courtney Elizabeth. "Eve's Legacy: The Fates of Young Women in Shakespeare's Tragedies." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1472821662.

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Pech, Alexandria Sarissa, and Alexandria Sarissa Pech. "Associations Between Parental Depressive Symptoms, Coparenting, and Behavior Outcomes in Young Children with Previously Incarcerated Fathers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624123.

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The purpose of the study is to examine young children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors in the context of post paternal incarceration by focusing on both risks (i.e., parental depressive symptoms), protective factors (i.e., coparenting alliance), and their impact considered together. The final sample included 426 previously incarcerated fathers and the biological mothers of their three-year-old children. Using hierarchical multiple regression, I examined three sets of analyses: 1) the association between parental depressive symptoms and children's behavior outcomes, 2) the association between coparenting alliance and children's behavior, 3) the association between parental depressive symptoms and children's behavior as moderated by coparenting alliance. Expectedly, higher paternal depressive symptoms were associated with higher externalizing behavioral problems in children. Unexpectedly, higher maternal depressive symptoms were associated with lower externalizing behavioral problems. Also, unexpectedly, the associations between maternal and paternal coparenting alliance and both child behavioral outcomes were not statistically significant. Further, when mothers reported lower coparenting alliance with their child's father, the negative association between fathers' depressive symptoms and children’s internalizing behavioral problems was not attenuated; in fact, children had higher internalizing behavioral problems. My findings suggests father's depressive symptoms are an important point of consideration given the deleterious effects parental depressive symptoms can have on children, and the risks for depressive symptoms among formerly incarcerated fathers. Further, my findings have implications for addressing and treating fathers' depressive symptoms when children are relatively young in order to lower internalizing behavior problems from persisting across and beyond childhood.

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Silva, Carla Damas. "Das saudades que se tem: a representação paterna na escrita autobiográfica de Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós." Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 2016. https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/17805.

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Em nosso trabalho, analisamos em algumas obras de Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós que compõem o chamado “ciclo autobiográfico”, em especial as que trazem a imagem da ausência/presença do pai, a relação entre vida e escrita, bem como as figurações do pai e de seus intermediários e substitutos. Investigamos, sobretudo, o caráter da repetição no modo como se articulam as relações familiares, com destaque para as que ocorrem entre pai e filho e que aparecem nesses textos. Essa problemática interessou-nos como objeto de pesquisa, a priori, porque as obras de Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós são um expoente no campo da literatura infantil, na medida em que mostram que nem sempre a infância é “colorida”, feliz e perfeita como nos procuram fazer crer diversas produções supostamente feitas “para crianças”. Além disso, os textos selecionados de caráter autobiográfico, que trazem a questão do sofrimento da criança devido à ausência do pai, configuram-se como riquíssimo corpus para estudos referentes à relação entre vida/obra e as investigações no diálogo entre Literatura e Psicanálise. Isso nos permitirá entender o porquê de a dor da falta do pai ser repetitiva e insistente nesses livros. Dessa forma, problematizamos, por meio das obras selecionadas para este estudo, o conceito de literatura infantil e juvenil e a noção de leitura literária. Também analisamos nos “depoimentos” dados pelo autor a relação entre vida e escrita e investigamos, com base em estudos psicanalíticos, a escrita literária enquanto possibilidade tanto de elaboração inconsciente da memória marcada pela ausência do pai – remédio –, quanto de perpetuação desse mesmo conflito – veneno. Ademais, analisamos como se processam as relações entre o filho e o pai considerando a ausência da mãe, já que, nas obras em que há a presença desse personagem, ela parece mediar de certa forma tais relacionamentos.
In our work, we analyze some works of Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós that compose the “autobiographical cycle”, especially those ones that bring the image of father’s absence/presence, the relationship between life and writing, as well as the father’s figurations and his intermediates and substitutes. We especially investigated the aspect of repetition about how the family relations are articulated, highlighting those ones that happen between father and son and that appear in these texts. This problematic interested us as a research object, a priori, because the works of Bartholomeu Campos de Queirós are an exponent of literature for children field, as far as they show that the childhood is not always “colorful”, happy and perfect as several productions supposedly made “for children” seek to have us believe. In addition, the selected texts that have an autobiographical characteristic and put the issue of child suffering because of the father’s absence are configured as a very rich corpus for studies related to the relation between life/work and investigations in the dialogue between Literature and Psychoanalysis. These aspects will permit us to understand why the pain of missing father be repetitive and insistent in these books. Thus, we problematize, by the selected works for this study, the concept of literature for children and young people and the notion of literary reading. We also analyzed in the “statements” given by the author the relationship between life and writing and we investigated, based on psychoanalytic studies, the literary writing as a possibility of both unconscious development of memory marked by the father’s absence – remedy – as of a perpetuation of this same conflict – poison. Furthermore, we analyzed how the relationship between son and father are processed considering the mother’s absence, since the works that have this person’s presence, she seems to mediate such relationships in a certain way.
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Bice, Broussard Deborah 1956. "Attachment to parents as mediator and/or moderator of psychosocial functioning among young adults with alcoholic fathers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282626.

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Relations between current paternal drinking status, attachment to parents, and psychosocial functioning were examined to determine whether previously reported findings on children of alcoholics were replicated, and to evaluate perceived attachment to parents as a mediator and/or moderator of adult children's adjustment. One hundred thirty-eight college students under age 23, 66% female, 80% White, 49% with alcoholic fathers and all with non-problem-drinking mothers, completed self-report measures of parental drinking status, security of attachment to parents, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, adult attachment style, alcohol involvement, and drug use. Most subjects scored in normal ranges for anxiety and depression, were moderate drinkers, and reported little drug use. Subjects with alcoholic fathers reported lower self-esteem and less-secure attachment to father; they also more frequently reported that their father's parenting style was inconsistent, and less frequently reported that it was responsive. With psychosocial functioning variables hierarchically regressed on demographics, paternal drinking status, attachment to father, and attachment to mother, paternal alcoholism added to prediction of only self-esteem, attachment to father improved prediction of secure adult attachment style rating, and attachment to mother added to prediction of mental health, self-esteem, adult attachment, and alcohol use. In separate tests of statistical mediation, results are consistent with the role of attachment to father as a mediator of the relation between paternal alcoholism and both mental health and security of adult attachment style, and with attachment to mother as a mediator of the relation between paternal alcoholism and mental health, self-esteem, and adult attachment. Neither security of attachment to father nor to mother was a linear moderator of statistical relations between paternal alcoholism and psychosocial adjustment; thus results did not support a buffering hypothesis. Findings warrant caution against assumption of psychopathology in alcoholics' children; most function within normal ranges on multiple measures. Knowledge of paternal alcoholism is, alone, a poor predictor of psychosocial adjustment; knowledge of the child's perception of parent-child relationships, particularly attachment to mother, appears to have relatively greater predictive utility. Future research should include replication with a population not limited to college students.

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Carter, Ohan Patricia. "Young African American Men's Conception of Fatherhood Among Survivors of Childhood Abuse." ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7916.

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Male survivors of abuse who become fathers themselves face challenges different from female survivors, such as conceptualizing their roles as providers and heads of households after the traumatic and often belittling experiences of abuse. However, very few researchers have studied the connection between child abuse and fatherhood, and none specific to young African American fathers. An interpretative phenomenological approach enabled exploration of how African American fathers who were abused as children, conceptualized and perceived their own experiences with fatherhood. The theoretical framework for this study was identity theory, which indicates that how people conceptualize a social role influences their actions in that role. Research questions centered on how young African American fathers, who were abused as children, conceptualized fatherhood and carried out their roles as fathers. Data collected from 11 young African American fathers came through in-depth, semistructured interviews. Key findings showed participants conceptualized fatherhood as being present for, providing for, and protecting their children. These fathers worked to break the cycle of abuse they had experienced and to show support for their children. Implications to promote social change include use of study findings to develop parenting programs that address childhood trauma. Other benefits may come from developing groups for father with children in the foster care system, helping these men to understand why they parent the way they do and to break the destructive cycle of parenting they had experienced. Findings may also contribute to the establishment of fatherhood programs that match fathers with supportive role models who help in navigating the father role.

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Ethier, Elaine Faith. "Comparing mother's and father's expectations for their young children with and without special needs." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0005/MQ41380.pdf.

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Butler, Charles. "Assessing the impact of spiritual and leadership development to engage young fathers in the youth at-risk program." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3629056.

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The purpose of this study was to partner with the community to learn and conceptualize how to integrate a spiritual and leadership development program in order to promote social and family responsibility in African American and Latino at-risk males who have become single fathers and to become responsive to the Word of God in their lives.

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Allen, Jacqueline Elizabeth. "Young people's perceptions of their father's younger onst dimentia and the impact on family relationships." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422774.

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Kampaxi, Olga. "First and second-time mothers and fathers : marital satisfaction, perception of child temperament and young people's perceptions of parenting." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265320.

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Watson, Cortland L. "Very Young Child Survivors of Parent Suicide: Perspectives on Children's Literature for Bibliotherapy." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9005.

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The death of a parent by suicide is especially traumatic. Researchers estimate the number of children in the United States annually who experience their parent's suicide ranges from 7,000 to 30,000. These child survivors experience more complicated grief as compared to children bereaved by a parent's non-suicidal death. In particular, very young children have difficulty understanding that their parent completed suicide. Across time they struggle with confusion and intense emotions associated with their parent's suicide. Due to the stigma associated with suicide, feelings of guilt, and intense grief, surviving family members avoid talking about the suicide. Young children are often confused and suffer in silence with limited understanding about who the deceased parent was and why the parent completed suicide. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven adults, who as young children experienced the death of their father by suicide. All participants reported being five years old or younger at the time of the suicide. Participants explained how they found out about the suicide; how they developed an understanding of their deceased father across the years; and how they developed memories of their father, largely dependent on others' stories and reported details. At the conclusion of the interviews, participants were offered nine children's picture books. Participants self-selected books from these nine books and offered their impressions about how these books may or may not be helpful for young child survivors of parent suicide. Their reactions to the books are discussed in relationship to their personal stories and lived experiences. Their reactions have implications for how potential books must be carefully selected, making considerations in light of the child's unique experiences. Participants' responses highlighted the importance of attachment issues, the challenges of forming a connection to the deceased loved one with limited memories of their parent. Ultimately, survivors' perceptions and experiences are tied to the challenges of navigating Worden's (1996) tasks of grief. Implications for applied practice include considering how to use children's literature to open and encourage communication, allowing children to ask questions about the suicide; supporting young children in accepting the reality of their parent's death; facing the grief and pain with the support of loved ones; adapting to changes in their life's trajectory due to their father's suicide and adapting to altered family relationships; and building memories of the deceased loved one, and when possible, ensuring healthy attachment to the deceased parent.

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Lee, Sun-A. "Young Adults' Committed Romantic Relationships: A Longitudinal Study on the Dynamics among Parental Divorce, Relationships with Mothers and Fathers, and Children's Committed Romantic Relationships." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193790.

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Romantic relationship qualities are important for individuals' psychosocial adjustment. This dissertation focuses on how young adults' committed romantic relationships are related to experience of parental divorce and relationships with parents during adolescence. Also, how this relationship may be different by four dyads of parents and children - father/daughter, father/son, mother/daughter, and mother/son - is examined.The conceptual paper proposes parent-child relationships as a main family process affecting children's romantic relationships. Social learning theoretical perspectives is used as a guide that children observe, model, learn, and then apply the behaviors or patterns of relationships with parents to their own romantic relationships. Two potential roles of parent-child relationships are addressed in the dynamics among parental divorce, parent-child relationships, and children's romantic relationships. The first role of parent-child relationships is a mediation role between parental divorce and children's romantic relationships. The second role of parent-child relationships is a moderation role between parental divorce and children's romantic relationships. How one variable, parent-child relationships, can be a mediator as well as moderator is addressed in the conceptual paper. Also, the need to examine four dyads of parents and children in these models is addressed.Two empirical studies examine a potential mediation and a moderation model respectively. The data for these studies were taken from Wave 6 (high school senior) and Wave 8 (age 24) of the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions (MSALT). The mediation model is tested using a multi-group mediation model using SEM. The results suggest that there is indirect effect of parental divorce on children's romantic relationships, specifically for father-daughter dyads. The moderation model is tested using hierarchical regression analyses and the results show that there is interaction between parental divorce and relationships with parents. For example, relationships with fathers in always-married families are significantly related to children's satisfaction in their romantic relationships.In the conclusion chapter, implications of the findings, limitations and contribution of the studies, and direction for future research are addressed.

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Moyo, Shamiso. "An exploration of the knowledge of and involvement of fathers in the practice of complementary feeding of infants and young children in Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6850.

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Magister Public Health - MPH
The first 1000 days of life represents the period from conception right up to a child’s second birthday. Over the years, there has been a growing body of evidence focusing on the importance of nutrition during this period; also referred to as the ‘window of life’. It is during this period that most incidents of stunting occur. Age appropriate nutrition can provide a child with positive health benefits for the rest of their life. During these first two years infant and young child feeding practices are ideally made up of optimal breastfeeding practices (i.e. exclusive breastfeeding from birth up to six months and continued breastfeeding up to or beyond two years), along with age appropriate complementary feeding practices from six months up to two years. To date, local research studies that have explored the role of parents in infant and young child feeding have tended to focus, firstly, more on the mothers than the fathers, and secondly, have tended to focus more on breastfeeding than complementary feeding and practices. By conducting this research study, it was anticipated that rich information would be accessed from fathers in the district that could then be used to assist the local health workers and district health management team to improve the current infant and young child feeding interventions being implemented at district and community level specifically for children 6 to 23 months.

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