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Meyer, Jennifer Anne. "The role of drinking fathers in later contradictions and choices in the lives of married women." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002527.
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This qualitative, interpretive research sought to elicit explanations for certain contradictions and choices in the lives of four married women who were autonomous and assertive in their careers, yet non-assertive and compliant in their married lives. Such contradictions appeared both in their projected stories and semi-structured interviews. It had been expected that these projected stories would reveal autonomy and assertiveness, in line with the white, middle-class, feminist values of the subjects, but they had not. Explanations for these apparent contradictions were attributed to the effects of being children of alcoholic fathers. While the subjects' socialisation and vulnerability to family ideology provided certain explanations for the presence of such contradictions, an object relations account of the unconscious need to resurrect an ideal father and repair the generic family provided a more probable explanation,and accounted for their traditional gender role behaviour as ideal wives in spite of their non-traditional, feminist behaviour outside of marriage.
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Navarro, Daniel E. "Cross-border fathering the lived experience of Mexican immigrant fathers /." Connect to resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1726.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2008.Title from screen (viewed on August 28, 2009). School of Social Work, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): William P. Sullivan, Hea-Won Kim, Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Sara Horton-Deutsch. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-236).
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Webb, Jessica. "Policy and Physical Activity Programs: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Fathers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42714.
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The role of fatherhood in communities that experience marginalization is not well understood in academic literature. Further, there is little known about the implementation and evaluation of physical activity programs that are accessible and suitable for fathers who experience income instability, racial discrimination, precarious housing, gender discrimination, and domestic and/or sexualized violence. In this thesis, which is presented in the publishable paper format and is comprised of two papers, I sought to address these gaps. Informed by a constructionist epistemology and an intersectional poststructuralist theoretical framework, in the first paper, I used document analysis and Bacchi and Goodwin’s (2016) “What’s the problem represented to be approach” to investigate how fathers are represented in the program policies of organizations that provide family-centred services in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the second paper, guided by the methodological tenets of community-based participatory research, I used semi-structured interviews and critical discourse analysis to better understand how men’s lived experiences as fathers in the Downtown Eastside shaped their participation in Make a Move: Family Walking Program. Taken together, the findings from both papers provide insight into the lived experiences of fathers and the roles that policy and physical activity play in shaping fatherhood in the Downtown Eastside.
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Slaughter, Anovia L. "The Lived Experiences of African American Noncustodial Fathers in Tennessee." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5942.
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There is a disproportionate number of African American fathers in the State of Tennessee that experience parenting and child support disparities when compared to single parents of other ethnicities. The purpose of this general qualitative study was to examine the experiences of African American noncustodial fathers and to examine the impact of the codification of Tennessee family laws. The theoretical frameworks for this study were critical race theory, and social construction and policy design. The key research questions examined the lived experiences of African American noncustodial fathers in the State of Tennessee and how the codification of Tennessee family laws contributed to the social construction of African American noncustodial fathers. The general qualitative study included both phenomenological and historical techniques. The data was collected by in-depth interviews of 8 African American noncustodial fathers. The study resulted in 5 emergent themes: many were happy to become fathers; many have no relationship with their child's mother; child support negatively impacted their lives; child support is biased and unfair; and the fathers wanted more time with their children. The State of Tennessee and African American fathers will benefit from the study by replicating the research statewide. Specifically, the role of fathers will be increased, less adversarial co-parenting, and legislators will have scholarly research to show the issues with the laws. The implications for positive social change include lower crimes rates related to child support, increased graduation rates, and enhanced father-child time.
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Coetzee, Zelda. "Occupational adaptation : the lived experience of fathers with HIV/AIDS." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11793.
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Bibliography: leaves 148-159.This qualitative, phenomenonological study describes fathers living with HIV/AIDS' experience of occupational adaptation. Rich data was collected through unstructured interviews. The data was analysed by thematic analysis. The level describing the fathers living with HIV/AIDS' experience emerged as adaptive occupations and proxy occupations.
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Brown, Sharon M. "An examination into the perceptions of Tobagonian fathers, on the impact of fatherhood in the lives of sons, to achieve academically and socially." Thesis, Keiser University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10119678.
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Tobagonian fathers are leaving their homes whether due to separation, infidelity, or divorce. As a result of fathers absent from the homes, young men on the island of Tobago are increasing in defiant behavior patterns and displaying more violence in the schools. Research indicates that the child’s ability to thrive and excel is affected by the presence or absence of the father. Therefore, this qualitative case study included interviews and a focus group conducted with 10 Tobagonian fathers to gain their perspectives on being absent from the home and the effect of this absence on their sons specifically. Two of the most important findings were that Tobagonian fathers were well aware of their sons being affected due to their father absence and they actually wanted to make a significant difference in their sons’ lives. Recommendations for future study include initiating support groups for fathers by fathers, in which they can discuss struggles, problems, and issues as well as conducting case studies with mothers and grandmothers focusing on their perceptions as to absent fathers from the home and its effect on young Tobagonian males.
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Maiden, Brian Scott. "The Lived Experiences of the Adolescent Father in Northern Virginia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23868.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of adolescent fathers in a suburban environment in Northern Virginia. Specifically, phenomenological methods were used to capture the essence of these nine adolescent fathers\' experiences surrounding their conceptualization and enactment of fatherhood. Participants included 5 Hispanic (56%), 2 African-American (22%), 1 Caucasian (11%), and 1 Asian (11%). They ranged in age from 16 to 19 years of age with an average age of 18. Their perspective adds to the current literature and assists counselors and policy makers in gaining a greater understanding of the needs and perceptions of this marginalized group. A transformative process best described the lived experience of these adolescent fathers. Fatherhood was described as a life-changing event, as they traversed a range of negative behaviors to become actively involved fathers. An eco- constructivist model provided an appropriate framework to better understand the subjective meanings the adolescent fathers attached to their lived experiences throughout the transformative process. While the results cannot be generalized, the narratives of these participants provide insight into this marginalized population. These participants define fatherhood in traditional terms (i.e., father as primary provider) and expressed enthusiasm about being actively involved in their children\'s daily lives. Further, the majority expressed a renewed focus on educational attainment to provide a better future for themselves and their children. Although participants received assistance from their families, support was lacking from the educational system. This lack of support provides an avenue for communities, schools, and counselors to become advocates for adolescent fathers. School counselors are encouraged to reach out to community agencies, clinical mental heath counselors, and community college counselors as avenues for more complete services for adolescent fathers. There is a need for further research relating to the needs of adolescent fathers. Longitudinal research with these participants is necessary to ascertain how they enacted their conceptualization of fatherhood and the barriers they encountered.Ph. D.
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Graham, Moira Elizabeth. ""It's about family innit?" : towards an understanding of the lives and experiences of teenage mothers and fathers as they make the transition to parenthood." Thesis, City University London, 2013. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3018/.
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This research is a detailed study of the phenomenon of teenage parenthood at the beginning of the twenty first century. The study draws on a contextualised analysis of the lives and experiences of eight teenage mother and father couples as they make the transition to parenthood. The aim of the research is to analyse the experience of teenage motherhood and fatherhood in Britain today and to understand young, contemporary, mothering and fathering ‘practices’. The study is based on qualitative research methods and has adopted a longitudinal approach to the collection of data. The research strategy used is the case study. Data collection proceeded over a period of nineteen months. Sixteen young mothers and fathers were interviewed up to four times over this period. This study found that young people attach great value to family life and family relationships and that they have high ideals and aspirations for the future of their own ‘new’ families. It is this belief in the idea of family that guides a young pregnant woman’s decision about continuing with her unplanned pregnancy, and the young man’s commitment to support his pregnant partner and unborn baby. This thesis also found that for the young mothers in this study, motherhood represents a positive choice. Pregnancy occurs at a time of vulnerability, yet these young women chose to continue their unplanned pregnancies and become mothers. The uniqueness of young motherhood is the multiple transitions that young women have to undergo simultaneously. Nonetheless, with the right support young mothers do mother successfully. The study reveals that the young fathers had a strong desire to support their partners and be ‘good’ fathers to their children. Fatherhood is meaningful and important as an ideal, and represents a marker of responsibility and a transition to adulthood. Young fatherhood is challenging, yet it is also a generative experience. It is the young men’s strengths and resourcefulness, generated in response to their difficult situations that stand out in the findings in this study. The study found that young people are doing and living family in a variety of ways. Some are living with their families and caring for their children in this context. Others were embarking on independent lives. Yet the striking feature of the ways in which they ‘lived’ family was the extent of the family support networks which they sought out, depended upon, and valued highly.
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Brown, Sibhon Jolette. "The Lived Experience of Daughters Who Have Absent Fathers: A Phenomenological Study." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4716.
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The problem that this study focused on was the difficulties and challenges experienced by daughters who had absent fathers. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of daughters who grew up with absent fathers, and the effects on them as adults at home, in school, in their neighborhoods, and in their decision-making processes. The sample consisted of 20 daughters who grew up with absent fathers. Data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using 5 phases of Hycner's (1999) phenomenological research. Results indicated that participants' lived experiences of home life were characterized by financial and emotional hardships resulting from the loss of a father's earnings and care. The meanings or lessons that participants derived from having absent fathers included the importance of being independent, of appreciating the people who remained with them, and of making a better life for their own children, either by choosing a mate who would be a committed father or by helping their children to come to terms with the man's absence. Participants reported that the absence of their fathers shaped their decision-making patterns in romantic relationships, either by normalizing exploitative behavior in men (e.g., deception, abuse, or abandonment), or by predisposing them to distrust men. Participants were also affected in their decision-making patterns by the loss of a male perspective and a father's guidance. These results are of significance because by gaining understanding of the experiences of daughters with absent fathers, healthcare professionals may provide appropriate assistance to help these women cope better with their difficulties and struggles.
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Matthews, John Daryl. "A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experience of Single, Gay Adoptive Fathers." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/701.
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This qualitative study expands the existing literature on fatherhood, single parents, and gay and lesbian adoption to include the unique experiences of single, gay men who became adoptive parents after "coming out", or establishing a gay identity. To illustrate these unique and common experiences, individual ethnographic interviews were conducted with 16 fathers residing throughout the United States, as well as internationally. Specifically, this study explored the participants' experiences through their reflections of the adoption process, and through their experiences after the family was established. The participants had experiences to those found in previous studies on gay and lesbian adoption and gay fathers, as well as possessed unique strengths, including tenacity and resiliency. Of particular importance are the strategies that each participant employed to deal with heterosexist and sexist stigmas, and continue to employ to maintain and protect their families. The participants were highly invested in their parental roles, and indisputably dedicated to the care of their children. Shifts in the participants' support networks to include greater involvement with heterosexual parents were also common. Finally, these fathers tended not to utilize existing support services, such as support groups for a variety of reasons. The results of this study are a useful addition to the social work knowledge base. On a micro level, the results may be useful for direct practitioners who are often responsible for making decisions regarding the fitness of gay men as fathers. The results may also be of interest to practitioners who work with the children of gay fathers, and are interested in gaining insight into the unique experiences of children raised in this particular family configuration. The results of the inquiry may also be useful to adoption professionals, who are responsible for conducting home studies, as well as for making placement decisions. On a macro level, the results may be useful to administrators who are working to develop programs whose goal is to support the continued development of gay fathers, or by policy makers who are interested in this specific group of gay fathers and their children.
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Patel, Jenika. "The lived experiences of black African HIV positive fathers in the UK." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/611802.
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Background: HIV has been reconceptualised as a long term chronic health condition due to advances in highly active antiretroviral therapy. Nonetheless it remains a stigmatising and under-recognised condition. One social group that HIV disproportionately affects is the Black African population. However there is a dearth of research into the lived experiences of HIV positive Black African communities in the U.K. specific to parenting. Objectives: This study seeks to explore the lived experience of Black African HIV positive fathers, living in the UK. This is of significance to counselling psychologists because illness representation models typically neglect the interactions of significant others and wider social contexts when conceptualising the impact of illness. Design: This research utilises a qualitative method, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to examine data. IPA is effectual in new and complex areas of study, concerning identity and meaning making. It enables the researcher to acquire an 'insider perspective' into people's cognitive reasoning as well as the social and cultural context surrounding experiences. Method: Six Black African HIV positive fathers were recruited via HIV charities. Participants were requested to attend a 60-90 minute, semi-structured interview and asked questions about their experiences of living with HIV and how it impacts on their role as fathers. Results: Four super-ordinate themes were identified: 1) Responses to HIV diagnosis-the demise of the physical and social self 2) HIV stigma-'they don't realise that anyone can get it' 3) Re-emergence of the self 4) Fatherhood- a changing identity. The results revealed experiences of living with HIV and the impact that this has on their role as fathers. Participants talked about their initial reactions and responses to receiving a diagnosis of HIV, as well as the challenges of living with HIV within their communities and wider society that impacted on their disclosure decisions. The research highlights the significance of HIV support services that helped participants to accept their HIV status. The participants wished to play a key role in the lives of their children. The findings of this study emphasise the importance of incorporating interventions that help black African men to view themselves in a positive light and to foster their parenting role following a diagnosis of HIV. The results of the analysis are considered in light of existing theory and their clinical implications.
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McKenna, Clare. "The lived experience of fathers of children with an autism spectrum disorder." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662184.
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This doctoral thesis explores the lived experiences of fathers of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It includes a literature review, a research paper, a critical review and an ethics section. The literature review aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the experiences' of parents of children with ASD by synthesising the available qualitative literature. The meta-synthesis yielded four third-order themes: Adjusting to ASD; Coping with the Challenges of ASD; The Personal Impact of ASD; The relational impact of ASD. The findings suggest that parenting a child with ASD is a complex experience which can ./ have a multi-faceted impact upon parents. Clinical implications, limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed; specifically that future research should differentiate between mothers' and fathers' experiences. Having identified the absence of any studies exploring the experience of fathers of children with ASD, the research paper aimed to address this gap in the evidence-base. Oneto- one semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine participants. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Four over-arching themes were identified and discussed in relation to previous literature: 'ASD unites and divides'; 'life revolves around the child with ASD'; 'becoming a different person' and 'the highs and lows of the ASD journey'. The findings suggest that fathers are an integral part of the ASD journey and experience both positive and negative consequences. Clinical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed. The critical review explored three pertinent issues associated with the research paper: the experience of conducting research with fathers; the questionable fluidity of the boundaries between research and therapy; and participants' positive reflections and the implications that this has for future research. These issues are discussed in relation to the existing literature.
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Reisbig, Allison M. J. "The lived experiences of adult children of cross-dressing fathers : a retrospective account." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/303.
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Seepersad, Merisha Shirwell Margaret. "A Phenomenological Study of Single Fathers of Children with Autism in Trinidad." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2103.
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With an increase in diagnosis rates of autism in Trinidad, more parents of children with autism, especially single fathers, face numerous challenges on a daily basis. There is a lack of research on this topic and therefore an inadequate understanding of the experiences of Trinidadian single fathers as primary caregivers for children with autism. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and depict the lived experiences of single fathers of children with autism. Social support theory was the guiding conceptual framework to explore and understand how single fathers effectively manage their daily challenges. Ten single fathers from Southern Trinidad were recruited through criterion sampling and they engaged in semi-structured interviews individually. Moustakas's steps to phenomenological analysis were used to analyze the data. There were seven major themes that emerged from describing the lived experience of single fathers of children with autism: (a) challenges, (b) social support systems, (c) day-to-day experiences, (d) the role of the father within the family, (e) effects on social life, (f) sibling reactions, and (g) adaptive coping mechanisms. This study may engender social change, as the findings may be used to support single fathers to continue to provide care for their children. This study could result in improved understanding and support for their children both at home, in school, and in the community. The findings will be available to other fathers who share similar experiences. Special education service providers may gain further information to improve their services to families of children with disabilities.
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Pash, Diana M. "The lived worlds of gay co-father families narratives of family, community, and cultural life /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1566562871&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Oliveira, Nyström Alcione, and Kashemua Noella Musafira. "Föräldrars upplevelser av postpartumdepression : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7266.
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Bakgrund: Postpartumdepression (PPD) är en depression som debuterar efter förlossningen och kan drabba både män och kvinnor i all ålder och i all kultur. Postpartumdepressionen för med sig särskilda risker som kan innebära allvarliga konsekvenser för familjer. Forskning om PPD fokuserar i huvudsak på mödrars upplevelser och påverkan på barnet och familjen. Medan fäderna upplevelser har saknats. PPD kan drabba fäderna i lika stor utsträckning som mödrar men fortfarande ett dolt problem. Syfte: Postpartumdepression (PPD) är en depression som debuterar efter förlossningen och kan drabba både män och kvinnor i all ålder och i all kultur. Postpartumdepressionen för med sig särskilda risker som kan innebära allvarliga konsekvenser för familjer. Forskning om PPD fokuserar i huvudsak på mödrars upplevelser och påverkan på barnet och familjen. Medan fäderna upplevelser har saknats. PPD kan drabba fäderna i lika stor utsträckning som mödrar men fortfarande ett dolt problem. Metod: En litteraturöversikt utfördes med tio kvalitativa studier om föräldrarnas upplevelser av PPD. Artiklarnas olika tema identifierades, jämfördes, analyserades för att sedan kategoriseras i de slutgiltiga teman som presenterades i detta arbete. Resultat: Tre huvudteman redovisades: Postpartumdepressionens inverkan på det känslomässiga livet och självbilden, Postpartumdepressionens inverkan på attityder och sist Postpartumdepressionens inverkan på förmågan att söka stöd. Diskussion: Föräldrarna upplever att postpartumdepression har stor inverkan i deras liv. Sjukdomens okunskap och stigma hindrar de att söka stöd. Fäderna upplever att de nonchaleras. Allmänsjukvårdspersonal bör söka sig kunskapen om vilken inverkan postpartumdepression har på föräldrars liv och hur föräldrarna upplever postpartumdepression. Detta skulle bidra till att bemötande förbättras som i sin tur skulle leda till att mer föräldrar söker vård för postpartumdepressionBackground: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a depression that debuts after childbirth and can affect both men and women of all ages and in all cultures. Postpartum depression brings with it particular risks that can have serious consequences for families. Research on postpartum depression mainly focuses on maternal experiences and the influence on the child and the family while researches on father`s experiences have been lacking. Postpartum depression can affect fathers to the same extent as mothers but still a hidden problem. Aim: The aim was to highlight parents´ experiences of postpartum depression. Method: A literature review was conducted with ten qualitative studies of the parents' experiences of postpartum depression. The different topics were identified, compared, analyzed and then categorized into the final themes presented in this paper. Results: Three main themes were reported: Postpartum depression impact on emotional life and self-image, Postpartum depression impact on attitudes and last Postpartum depression impact on the ability to seek support. Discussion: Postpartum depression has a major impact on parents’ lives. The lack of knowledge on the disease and the stigma upon it prevents parents from seeking support. Fathers rapports that they are left by side. General healthcare professionals should seek knowledge about the effect of postpartum depression on parents' lives and how they themselves experience the disease. This would help improve treatment, which would in turn lead to more parents seek help for postpartum depression.
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Wigginson, Dynisha. "“I Done Been Through Hell”: An Existential Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Fathers Who Have Lost a Child." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3888.
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The rise in American pediatric death led to a shift in pediatric end-of-life care from focusing care only on the dying pediatric patient to include focus on the family. Most literature has focused only on mothers’ experiences or the combined experiences of mothers and fathers. Fathers’ experiences at their child’s end of life, as an individual phenomenon, is overlooked and ignored. Hence, significant knowledge gaps exist related to the repeated exclusion of fathers’ individual experiences. This study aimed to begin to fill this gap. Using the lens of Merleau-Ponty, this existential phenomenological study aimed to describe the lived experiences of fathers who have experienced their child’s end of life. Using an unstructured interview process, a total of eight fathers participated in one-on-one interviews via Zoom or telephone. Data analysis and interpretation was conducted using an iterative analytic process, whereby transcripts were read and examined line-by-line to identify figural themes against the ground. Merleau-Ponty’s existential grounds of time, body, others, intentionality, and perception are interwoven throughout fathers’ individual stories. The following four themes emerged: (a) “I done been through hell”, (b) “I felt helpless”, (c) “I’m a protector”, and (d) “Who is there to help me?”. Additionally, five subthemes describing fathers’ emotional pain, forgetfulness, and masculine inabilities emerged. Greater understanding of fathers’ lived experiences requires serious attention and more research is needed. There are implications that have the potential to impact nursing care and the creation of meaningful nursing interventions for fathers at their child’s end of life.
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Crathern, Elizabeth. "Disrupted biographies : the lived experiences of first time fathers with a preterm infant in a neonatal intensive care unit." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555719.
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Historically, there has been a gendered imbalance within neonatal research, with a focus on mothers' experiences of having a preterm infant. However, this focus is slowly shifting and there is now an emerging body of international evidence that has focused on fathers' experiences in neonatal intensive care (NIC). Nevertheless, in the UK, there is still a paucity of father focused research that lends insight into fathers' experiences in NIC. This gap in knowledge has meant that assumptions have been made about the needs of fathers in NIC and informed the research question: what does it mean to be the father of a preterm infant in a neonatal intensive care unit. The study reported in this thesis adopted a methodology informed by Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology. Tape recorded interviews were conducted with eight first time fathers shortly after admission of their infant to NIC. Six of the eight fathers were interviewed a second time shortly before discharge of their infant from the neonatal unit. A Heideggerian framework underpinned the method for data collection and analysis. All interviews were treated as meaningful text and analysis resulted in the identification of four themes that captured the fathers' lived experiences in NIC: (I) anticipatory fatherhood: the challenges of a preterm birth; (2) the emotional roller coaster; first time fathers emotional experiences on the neonatal unit; (3) evolving identity: fathering preterm infants as a work in progress and (4) mobilising resources: juggling paid work with visiting the neonatal unit. The pregnancy initiatives revealed the men's concern for their partner and unborn child; the preterm birth challenged prior expectations of anticipatory fatherhood and life on the neonatal unit was described as a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows. Juggling paid work with visits to NIC meant that the men sometimes felt undervalued as parents. A key concept that emerged directly from the findings was the concept of disrupted biographies in the men's lives. The disruption challenged their taken for granted assumptions about fatherhood and required a mobilising of personal, social and physical resources in order for each to accommodate to becoming the father of a preterm infant. Findings from this research have implications for service users, service providers, educators and policy makers in both midwifery and neonatal care. A number of specific recommendations for policy, practice, education and research are presented in this thesis.
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Kao, Chien-Huei. "First time Taiwanese fathers' lived experiences during the third trimester of their wives' pregnancy, labour and delivery and the initial postnatal period : a phenomenological study." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273047.
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Catherall, Chris. "The meaning of being a parent : fathers' and mothers' day-to-day lived experiences of caring for, and living with, their learning disabled child : a phenomenological inquiry." Thesis, Bangor University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529752.
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Heslop, Philip Andrew. "Fathers who foster : exploring gendered narratives from foster-fathers." Thesis, Durham University, 2014. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10951/.
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This thesis reports the findings of an in-depth narrative study, involving 23 foster-fathers from within an independent foster care agency. The foster care of ‘looked after’ children in Britain has undergone considerable organisational change over the last few decades. This change to fostering has coincided with feminist and sociological discourses that have developed our understanding of family and gender relations. However, as research and practice have tended to focus on how women look after fostered children, these new ways of looking at gender roles and family relations have not been applied to families who foster. This focus on women as foster carers preserves traditionally gendered roles where women are seen as homemakers. Therefore, there is little understanding of what it is that men do within fostering families and men are routinely assigned a secondary role, as support carer or breadwinner, to a woman main carer. This study aims to add to the understanding of foster care by using feminist concepts around intersectionality and performativity to reappraise the literature and reflect on foster-fathers’ experiences as they see them. Data were gathered through mixed methods involving foster-father interviews and observational diaries alongside gathering data from 70 social worker questionnaires. While men in the study performed traditionally masculine roles, many were also seen to take on roles normally performed by women. The study highlights the complexity of foster-fathering because men were seen to perform roles and tasks that are not currently attributed to them. This complexity is often overlooked in both research and social work practice. The findings from this study show men developing caring alone in isolation from social workers. Furthermore, the findings suggest social workers could better support men and women negotiate roles within fostering that extend beyond performing gender which reproduce existing male breadwinner and female homemaking roles.
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Hoffman, Nicholas. "All Our Fathers." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133448057.
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Hufnagel, Dale. "Faithful fathers equipping Cameroonian fathers to disciple their families and friends /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p002-0821.
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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.Medicine, Faculty of
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Bal, Ozkan, and ozkan bal. "Stolen Lives." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20131122_112647-96314.
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The subject of this research paper about child brides who married under 18 years old , forced and arranged by families. I examine number of child brides in global area and how this old tradition is still keeps going on and. It can see every part of the world and it is not belongs any religion. İt can see Christianity, Muslim, Hinduism religions. The main objective of thesis try to do more visible this old practice. In my research paper I analyse t communities who still using this old tradition and reasons and solutions of this practice. Also, I examine child brides problems before and after marriage. I inspire from this research paper on my art works. I try to express it with my ceramic and painting works. I use different kind of materials like a ceramic, fabric, old papers, leather, henna.. My purpose display child brides problems more visible. I express in my works child brides age are not for marry, having a child, doing house works. Such a young ages are for playing games, going to school and having fun. Further more, I display problems, mental diseases, traumas of child brides before and after marriage. In my final works I mention the old tradition can finish if people stop to thinking about honor between the two legs of woman.Darbo tema - nuotakos vaikai, tai yra vaikai susituokę iki 18 metų, privesti savo šeimų.
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Verden, Patricia. "Other Lives." University of Sydney. Sydney College of the Arts, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/593.
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The areas of investigation are the portrait, the gaze, the American filmmaker Errol Morris, representation of reality and subcultures. These are discussed within an historical, technical, cultural and social framework. Colour, the film theorist Bill Nichols, the filmmaker Errol Morris are discussed with reference to the central gaze and what constitutes reality. Taking on another identity, the role of subcultures and my influences as a photographer are explored within this context. Work for Examination Other Lives is a photographic work consisting of portraits including: civil war re-enactors who believe that the war between the northern and southern states of America still exist Elvis Presley impersonators and fans who believe that Elvis Presley still lives people who take on another identity as scarecrows in the context of a local festival people who take on another identity as medieval knights.
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Hernandez, Joseph. "Separate Lives." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527953.
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Separate Lives is a collection of nine thematically connected short stories. Each of these stories deals in its own way with the idea of home and separation that is prevalent in the relationships of family, friends, and significant others. At the heart of these stories are characters with intertwining backgrounds that deal with similar experiences in different ways.
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Maher, Kimberly A. "Two lives." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1358.
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RIS, CYNTHIA NITZ. "IMAGINED LIVES." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054222125.
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Cornelson, Jesseca Ann. "Tiny Lives." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307104562.
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Rys, Nicholas Jon. "Infinity Lives." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555589654630927.
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Featherstone, Brigid M., C. Ashley, C. Roskill, and S. White. "Fathers Matter: Research findings on fathers and their involvement in social care services." Family Rights Group, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2708.
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NoThis publication Fathers Matter is the culmination of a two year project which has looked at the largely neglected area of fathers involved with social care agencies because of child welfare needs or concerns. The publication includes a series of research reports, including new analyses of fathers¿ experiences, an international literature review and the results of a survey of local authorities. The publication considers the implications of this research and sets out clear recommendations for Children¿s Services Departments, health services and national government.
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Showalter, Adrienne Markley A. A. "Sensational lives Byron and Robinson's Lives mirrored in literature /." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009. http://honors.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/EHT-19/index.html.
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Wurzer, Rebecca. "The changing roles and expectations of fathers through three generations." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005wurzerr.pdf.
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Michelsen, Taylor Hubbert. "Fathers as Stay-at-Home Dads: Fathers' and Mothers' Perspectives on Children's School Experiences." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9228.
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As traditional family roles change and circumstances at home become increasingly varied in contemporary society, the experiences of children also undergo change. For instance, when fathers take on primary caregiving responsibilities, those differing circumstances also impact their children. Therefore, it is important for researchers to study how changing parental roles affect children in the home. Through the use of qualitative research design, this research focuses on how the experiences of children within the home may be impacted when fathers are the primary caregiver. Although previous research has examined several aspects of family dynamics with so-called stay-at-home fathers, research has not yet evaluated how full-time fathering in the home may impact children's educational and school experiences. This thesis describes six fathers' and six mothers' perspectives about their children's school experiences when the father provides childcare in the home while the mother works full-time outside the home. Results suggest that division of roles in a family can affect some areas of children's experiences and responses implied there are multiple interacting variables that contribute to the parental influences on children. Mothers focus on the social experiences of their children as components of overall school experience. Fathers more frequently talked about the emotional and behavioral components of school experience. The results inform the disciplines of family science, teacher education, and school psychology of key considerations when working with children in this nontraditional family arrangement.
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Ward, Brandie Marie. "Educational outcomes of children with absent-fathers an examination of children with deceased fathers and children with fathers absent for other reasons compared with children with fathers present in a two-parent home /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.
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Bauman, Carol M. "Adoptive fathers' attitudes toward birthfathers." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1998. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/baumann_1998.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1998.A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Johnson, Matthew. "Parenting stress in recent fathers." Thesis, Keele University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392157.
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Cable, Glenda. "Fathers experiences of single parenting." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6160.
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Magister Social Work -MSWFathers, specifically in South Africa, are generally stereotyped as either absent, deadbeat fathers who do not play an active role in their children's lives or as being present traditional breadwinners and authoritative fathers. The latter has given rise to the ideology that fathers are unable to construct nurturing and care giving roles normally associated with the mother's role. This study documents the unique lived experiences of six single fathers residing in the Cape Metropole area, and their roles as primary care givers to their children. Social Constructionism Theory and Hegemonic Masculinity Theory were applied as theoretical frameworks against which these fathers views and experiences were analysed. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the lived parenting experiences of single fathers solely rearing their children. In-depth interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide, were conducted with six single fathers, who met the eligibility criteria of the study. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Four themes emanated from this study, namely single fathers' definition of being a father; single fathers' parenting experiences; parenting roles taken on by single fathers; and personal perceptions about being a single father. Furthermore, according to the findings, it is suggested that these single fathers faced many challenges and stresses in their roles as single parents, including adverse social and personal struggles when going against traditional masculine roles and fulfilling a more nurturing motherly role. Despite all these barriers and challenges, they were able to construct an alternative masculinity when taking on untraditional roles. This research will be valuable to future researchers and practitioners working in the field of fatherhood as it will provide guidance in developing understanding and interventions for this population group.
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Van, Zyl Izelle. "Single fathers' experience of fatherhood." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30736.
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In recent years various factors have contributed to the dissolution of the traditional family and the subsequent emergence of alternative family systems like the single parent family. Single parent families have become a reality in our society, a fact reflected by statistics which indicate an increase in the occurrence of single parent families over the last couple of years. However, the single parent family is still mostly perceived as consisting of the mother and her children, rather than the father and his children. Research narratives seem to support the single-parenthood-equals-single-motherhood plot in that there is an abundance of single parent accounts in the literature that mostly tell the stories of single mothers. Thus, fathers who find themselves in the position of single father seem to be marginalised in society and stories regarding their experiences are few and far between. The aim of this project was to explore and describe how single fathers in South Africa experience fatherhood by focussing on their personal narratives. Therefore the research inquiry for this project took the form of a narrative inquiry which provides a way to understand people’s experiences by privileging their stories. The researcher conducted unstructured interviews with participants to produce languaged data which were analysed using a narrative analysis strategy. A narrative analysis aims to investigate not merely the content of the story, but rather the story itself and the way in which it is told within a specific cultural and historical context. Hopefully, in the telling, listening and retelling of their stories these fathers’ voices will become more pronounced in the research narratives and thus contribute to the body of knowledge pertaining to single fatherhood. CopyrightDissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Glover, Marshaun Benjamin. "Fathers' Involvement and Children's Health." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77177.
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The relationship between involvement in children's health care, the moderating effects of parenting beliefs between involvement and child health status and use, and the mediating effects of family integrity in fathers' involvement and child health were examined in two separate studies. The first study includes 760 fathers from a national survey project. Involvement, parenting beliefs, and demographic variables were used to predict child health and health use. Fathers' residency status was correlated with the number of times the doctor was consulted and predicted the child's height-to-weight ratio. Participation in fun activities and shopping was associated with sickness and child height-to-weight ratio. No moderation effects were found for parenting beliefs. The second study uses a mixed methods design to which fathers' perceptions of involvement, motivations, barriers, and support by their child's mother are examined qualitatively. The associations between father demographic variables, barriers to attendance, family integrity, and modernity in predicting involvement are and child health status are tested. The mediating effects of family integrity between involvement and child health were also studied quantitatively. Seventeen fathers were included in the qualitative analysis. Fathers perceived that participation in their child's health care is important and felt supported by their child's mother. Barriers to involvement included work-related difficulties and a poor relationship with their child's mother. A total of 52 fathers were included in the quantitative analysis. Fathers' biological relationship to the child was associated with involvement. Additionally, family integrity and parenting beliefs predicted involvement. No evidence was found for mediation effects of family integrity between involvement and child health. These results have implications for community programs and practitioners with the aim of improving child health.Ph. D.
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Currier, Grant W. "The Desert Fathers: A Novel." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1321301930.
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Sargsyan, Alex. "Single Fathers Health Seeking Behaviors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8473.
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Barker, Richard W. "Lone fathers, parenting and masculinities." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19904.
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This thesis examines lone fathering, parenting and masculinities drawing on data from a study of 35 lone parent fathers who had responsibility for dependent children in households where there was no woman resident. The sample was drawn from child benefit records, and thus is a more representative sample than those used in previous similar studies. Quantitative and qualitative data was obtained via an in-depth interview with the sample members, 19 divorcees and 16 widowers, who were all resident in the North of England. The research explores the impacts of interactionist and structural factors on the experiences of the lone fathers studied. The study has indicated that there was no single pattern of lone fatherhood, it is suggested that differences can be best understood as the expression of different forms of masculinities operating within the different patriarchal structures of society. This research argues for a six fold division of the social construction of patriarchy into the patriarchal relations of the domestic setting, the economic setting, community and neighbourhood, sexuality, the state and culture. On the basis of orientations to gender roles, two forms of masculinities have been established. 'Traditional patriarchs' tended to have experienced lone fatherhood as a gender and parenting crisis to be resolved via minimal change. They were more likely to have developed routines for managing housework than traditional patriarchs, they tended not to regret the additional responsibilities of lone fatherhood, and had an orientation to masculinities which placed child care and parenting as important for men as well as for women. The results of this study suggest that the commonly held assumption that therre has been no recent significant restructuring of male gender roles is an oversimplification. Whilst the members of this sample should not be seen to be New Men, both traditional patriarchs and gender pioneers were more involved with their children and with the management of the household than they had been prior to lone fatherhood, and virtually all the men in the study were more 'active' as fathers and as workers in the domestic setting than men have generally been found to be in studies of two parent families. The study concludes with a discussion of some issues that arise from these findings, and with suggestions for further research.
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Kairis, Victoria. "Fathers' contribution towards toddlers' aggressiveness." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/60771/.
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In this thesis I investigated the relationship between fathers’ antisocial and physically aggressive behaviour and toddlers’ behaviour. Previous work has largely ignored fathers or seen fathers only as an influence on mothers and little is known about fathers’ aggressiveness. Families were recruited for the Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS), which is a prospective longitudinal study of parents and their children. Parents were interviewed about their own behaviours during pregnancy and the children were assessed at intervals until 33 months of age (Chapter 2 describes the study design). Chapter 3 examined associations between the antisocial behaviour of the couple. Although men committed more antisocial behaviours than women, there were associations between partners’ rates of both violent and non-violent antisocial behaviours. The relationship between fathers’ antisocial behaviours and young children’s behaviour was explored in Chapter 4. Fathers’ non-violnt antisocial symptoms were associated with mothers’ reports of toddlers’ aggressiveness. Fathers’ physical aggressiveness was associated with infants’ contentious behaviours, toddlers’ aggressiveness and observations of toddlers’ use of force against a peer. When physical aggressiveness was considered more closely a component relating specifically to toddlers’ physical aggressiveness was identified. Fathers’ physical aggressiveness was associated with toddlers’ physical aggressiveness, which suggests a homotypic continuity in physical aggressiveness between fathers and toddlers. All of the associations between fathers’ and toddlers’ behaviours remained significant after controlling for the mothers’ behaviours. Thus, fathers’ behaviours provide unique contributions towards toddlers’ behaviours independently of the mothers’ behaviours. Since antisocial fathers are more likely to be absent fathers Chapter 5 examined the relationship between fathers’ physical aggressiveness and father absence. Although father absence was associated with fathers’ physical aggressiveness, it did not explain the association between fathers’ and toddlers’ physical aggressiveness. Together these findings show that fathers are important to study in their own right, rather than as an influence on mothers.
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Hill, Sarah E., Randi P. Proffitt Leyva, and Danielle J. DelPriore. "Absent fathers and sexual strategies." BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615544.
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Stambaugh, Jon D. "The lived experiences of being a father of a child with type 1 diabetes| A phenomenological study." Thesis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10112052.
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition which has seen numbers increase in recent years. Being a diabetic is neither easy for the diabetic themselves nor the parents raising the diabetic child. In looking over the literature, very little research was found on the lived experiences of fathers raising a child with type 1 diabetes. Therefore, a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach was used in order to discover and describe the phenomenon. This study was based on 12 male respondents (fathers) who shared their experiences on parenting a child with type 1 diabetes. The responses of the 12 participants revealed four major themes discovered via the hermeneutic method of textual description, and sought to present the essence of their lived experience. The four major themes were diabetes is forever, dealing with it, increased pressure, and the “new normal.” The lived experiences of fathers who participated in this study disclosed a sense of resiliency, while learning a lot of information, quickly to better understand type 1 diabetes. The interviewees wanted to share their stories and help others, interested in this topic, gain a better understanding of what life is like parenting and raising a child with type 1 diabetes.
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Wilson, Graeme Barnetson. "Fathers as co-parents : how non-resident fathers construe family situations after divorce or separation." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2003. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1131/.
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A model of the co-parental role based on personal construct theory is described, with inter-parental conflict explained in terms of the constructivist concept of hostility. Four unstructured group interviews, on the theme of the experience of separated parenthood, were conducted with separated fathers (n=14) from throughout Strathclyde. Thematic analysis of the results suggests that while participants recognised the importance of maintaining relations with the other parent, that relationship was seen as adversarial, and fathers frequently feel controlled or powerless; different strategies for coping with this control emerged. From common post-separation parenting experiences recounted by the participants, situational elements were developed for a series of repertory grid interviews, intended to identify and examine the co-parental role construct system. Grids were administered, at three points over a year, to a cohort of separated, non-resident fathers from Strathclyde (n=17) still in contact with their children. The results were analysed using construct content categories developed for this research, inter-element distance measures, and asymmetric coefficients to assess ordinal relationships between constructs. Support was found for the model of a co-parental role covering interactions with children and their mothers. Perceptions of parity in parents' flexibility regarding contact arrangements were associated with recent experience, particularly ongoing disputes over contact allocation, and reflect strategies for dealing with being controlled. Conflict emerges as having distinct and multiple implications for separated non-resident fathers, whose responses to change were also consistent with the constructivist conception of hostility. One strategy for dealing with this may be a gradual distancing from the role of co-parent, in line with recent theories of core construing. These findings are discussed along with strengths and limitations of this research; implications for policy, practice and future research are outlined.
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O'Doherty, Malachi. "Narrating one's lives." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602776.
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This thesis explores the validity of life-writing in the context of current theories and reflections by memoirists and other 'writers on the fluidity of the self. If much philosophy and writing on personal experience suggests that there is no core of the personality which may be regarded as a coherent and consistent self, then what value has writing which presents itself as the record of the life of a person? Further, what value has the exercise of memoir got for a writer, if no self really is locatable in the personality and no continuity of perspective can be defended? This essay reflects on the author's own works, their direction and value and concludes that the writing of a narrative of a life creates and enriches a sense of self, and while acknowledging that each presentation of the self may be a greater rationalisation of a lived life and a failed account of the full truth of that life, still that creative act is worthwhile and enriching .
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Cummings, John. "Evidence of Lives." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5177.
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Evidence of Lives is a novel that deals with themes of childhood abuse, mental illness, and alienated families. The book opens with the main character, forty-two-year-old Mark Barr, who has returned home from New York to West Virginia after eleven years for his older brother Steve's funeral. Steve, having died of a heart attack at forty-six, was mentally ill most of his adult life, though Mark has always questioned what was "mentally ill" and what was the result of their father's verbal and physical abuse during their childhood. When Mark discovers that there is to be no funeral, but a cremation without service, he calls his girlfriend, an attorney back in New York, who tells him he has a "legal responsibility" to voice his brother's oral will. Just nights before his death, Steve called Mark and conveyed his last wishes to be buried, not cremated. The book unfolds into an odyssey for Mark to discover love for his brother posthumously in a loveless family. Evidence of Lives is a portrait of an oldest brother's supposed mental illness and unfulfilled life, as well as a redeeming tale of a youngest brother's alienation from his family and his guilt for abandoning them.M.F.A.
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