Father Involvement and Early Intervention: Effects of Empowerment and Father Role Identity

The problem addressed in the article is why so many fathers remove themselves from their children's lives after divorce. The authors develop a theory that offers a partial explanation of this phenomena based on the potential for change in the salience of a man's identity as a father postdivorce. Propositions are developed and hypotheses are derived from symbolic interaction and identity theory. The authors define and interrelate the concepts of identity, saliency, commitment, and significant others to explain father presence or absence postdivorce across time. The theory further isolates a number of variables that are expected to moderate (strengthen or weaken) the relationship between father parenting-role identity and father involvement. Identifying modifiers enables the authors to stipulate why some fathers are more involved with their children following separation by explaining the conditions under which father identity becomes translated into a patterned set of behaviors.

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ACCEPTANCE TOWARD CHILDREN AND FATHERING IN CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT

Jurnal Psikologi ◽

10.14710/jp.19.2.143-151 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 143-151

Author(s):

Starry Kireida Kusnadi ◽

Ardianti Agustin

Keyword(s):

Child Development ◽

Hearing Impairment ◽

Father Involvement ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Research Result ◽

Significant Relation ◽

Father Role ◽

Positive Impacts

The purposes of this research are to observe acceptance toward children and father role in caring for children with hearing impairment. Acceptance is someone’s process in accepting reality, accept others as they are overall, have a positive gesture toward others, admit and accept various aspects, including the bad and good qualities. Father who fully involved in caring children will give positive impacts on whole aspects of child development. This research applies to the quantitative method. The scale used is acceptance toward children scale and father involvement scale. The subjects in this research are 37 father who has children with hearing impairment. Research result shows that there is a significant relation between acceptance toward children and father involvement in caring for children with hearing impairment (r = 0,948 ; p < 0,001). Therefore, the higher the acceptance toward children with hearing impairment is, the higher the fathering involvement can be concluded.

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Understanding Provider Attitudes Regarding Father Involvement in Early Intervention

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education ◽

10.1177/0271121419844829 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 027112141984482

Author(s):

Sarah L. Curtiss ◽

Brent A. McBride ◽

Kelly Uchima ◽

Dan J. Laxman ◽

Rosa M. Santos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Intervention ◽

Father Involvement ◽

Provider Attitudes

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Becoming Fathers: Initial Exploration of a Support Program for New Fathers

The Journal of Perinatal Education ◽

10.1891/j-pe-d-20-00015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 78-88

Author(s):

Stephanie R. Rayburn ◽

J. Douglas Coatsworth

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Father Involvement ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Transition To Parenthood ◽

Support Program ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Partner Communication ◽

Mindfulness Practices ◽

Father Role ◽

Skill Building

Emerging fathers experience a variety of stressors, including identity and role transitions, changes in their relationships, and challenges in developing caregiving skills. Increasing expectations for father involvement in childcare are emphasizing the importance of the father role, but social supports for new fathers remain scarce. Nineteen expectant and new fathers participated in a pilot 5-week group intervention aimed at improving stress coping and involvement attitudes using a combination of mindfulness practices and skill-building for parenting and partner communication. We administered surveys pre- and postintervention to assess efficacy in the areas of stress, depressive symptoms, father involvement attitudes, and mindfulness. Within-participant differences were compared across participants as well as examining individual reliable change. Results indicated initial reductions in stress and depressive symptoms and increases in the mindfulness constructs of nonjudgment and nonreactivity. No significant changes were found in father involvement attitudes. Perinatal intervention specific to fathers holds promise as an underexplored avenue for supporting families across the transition to parenthood.

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Preschoolers' Sex-Role Identity, Father-Role Perceptions, and Paternal Family Participation

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x8100200208 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 238-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bonnie E. Carlson

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Maternal Employment ◽

Employment Status ◽

Sex Role ◽

Sole Source ◽

Role Identity ◽

Family Role ◽

Sex Role Identity ◽

Family Decision Making ◽

Father Role

AN exploratory study was conducted to investigate the relationships between three patterns of family role performance and (1) preschool-aged boys' sex-role preferences and (2) preschool-aged boys' and girls' perceptions of the father role. Three groups of 20 families were interviewed in their homes regarding division of labor and satisfaction with parent and work roles. These groups varied according to maternal employment status and extent of paternal responsibility for child care (either minimal or approximately equal to that of the mother). Children were tested for their intelligence, sex-role preferences, and perceptions of parent roles. Support was found for an inverse relationship between paternal participation in both child care and housework and children's functional stereotypes of the father role. In addition, paternal housework was found to be inversely related to sons' masculinity, whereas paternal influence in family decision making and sons' masculinity were unrelated. It was concluded that actual parental behaviors are not the sole source of influence on the development of children's sex-role preferences and perceptions of the father role.

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The relationship among father's role identity, role belief, marital relationship, and father involvement in parenting

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01056.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 546

Author(s):

Kyoung Eun Kim

Keyword(s):

Father Involvement ◽

Marital Relationship ◽

Role Identity ◽

Father’S Role ◽

The Relationship

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Fathers' Parenting Role Identity and Father Involvement

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/019251396017001003 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 26-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 83

Author(s):

CARMELLE MINTON ◽

KAY PASLEY

Keyword(s):

Marital Status ◽

Father Involvement ◽

Role Identity ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Nonresident Fathers ◽

Nonresidential Fathers ◽

Parenting Role ◽

The Relationship

This study explored a father's parenting role identity in nondivorced and divorced, nonresidential fathers and the relationship between role identity and involvement in child-related activities. Data were collected from 270 fathers (178 nondivorced and 92 divorced) by mail questionnaires. Differences were found between groups on three dimensions of identity: nonresidential fathers reported feeling less competent and satisfied in the role, and that the role was more salient. No differences were found on role investment. Higher scores on role identity typically were associated with more frequent involvement with children. The dimensions of father parenting role identity except salience and marital status made significant contributions to predicting involvement. Marital status moderated the relationship between competence and involvement, such that the relationship was stronger for divorced, nonresident fathers.

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