FatheringPub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.1001.6
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Mary A. Burkhauser, Allison Metz
{"title":"ELEMENTS OF PROMISING PRACTICES IN FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS: EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH FINDINGS ON INTERVENTIONS FOR FATHERS","authors":"Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Mary A. Burkhauser, Allison Metz","doi":"10.3149/FTH.1001.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.1001.6","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last two decades there has been an increased societal and academic interest in the role of fathers, as well as promoting responsible fatherhood in families and communities. In turn, this interest has given rise to an increasing number of fatherhood interventions. Although many programs to support fatherhood exist, they often differ in terms of their goals, target populations, designs, methods of implementation and assessment. This article reviews key evaluation findings from fatherhood programs that have been rigorously evaluated (i.e., used random assignment design) in order to answer questions about “what works” in fatherhood programs. In so doing, it identifies elements of promising practice in programs considered effective. Conclusions about the state of research on the effectiveness of fatherhood interventions are also presented.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"10 1","pages":"6-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3149/FTH.1001.6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0903.211
J. Eerola, J. Huttunen
{"title":"METANARRATIVE OF THE “NEW FATHER” AND NARRATIVES OF YOUNG FINNISH FIRST-TIME FATHERS","authors":"J. Eerola, J. Huttunen","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0903.211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0903.211","url":null,"abstract":"The metanarrative of the “new father” has become well-established in both the public and academic discourses on families. This study analyzes the narratives and storylines about fatherhood told by young Finnish first-time fathers, and examines the interrelationship between these narratives and the metanarrative of the “new father.” Three different narratives were identified—the modern, the transition and the postmodern narratives of fathering. Although constructed differently, all three narratives engaged with the metanarrative of the new father by reflecting on it and by drawing a distinction between their perceptions of fatherhood and the narratives of the past. In conclusion, the idea of the “new father” is firmly embedded in the metanarrative of fatherhood identified in the present Finnish context.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"63 1","pages":"211-231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90848208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0903.291
R. Fletcher, Emily Freeman, S. Matthey
{"title":"The impact of behavioural parent training on fathers' parenting: a meta-analysis of the Triple-P Positive Parenting Program","authors":"R. Fletcher, Emily Freeman, S. Matthey","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0903.291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0903.291","url":null,"abstract":"Behavioural parent training programs have been developed to address child behaviour problems through improvement in parenting practices. Ideally, programs would demonstrate effectiveness with all parents. The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is widely reported as an effective, evidence-based program for parents. However, in this meta-analysis we demonstrate that there are significant differences in program effectiveness for mothers and fathers. We show that while Triple P has a large positive effect on mothers’ parenting practices, it has a smaller effect on fathers’ parenting practices. Considering that fathers make a significant and unique contribution to child development, we argue that it is important for parenting programs to assess their effectiveness with fathers as well as mothers.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"291-312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3149/FTH.0903.291","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0903.313
S. Plunkett, Andrew Ainsworth, C. S. Henry, Andrew O. Behnke
{"title":"THE INFLUENCE OF SURVEY FORMAT ON REPORTS ABOUT FATHERS AND MOTHERS","authors":"S. Plunkett, Andrew Ainsworth, C. S. Henry, Andrew O. Behnke","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0903.313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0903.313","url":null,"abstract":"Similarities or differences in parenting between reports about mothers and fathers may be associated with the format of the questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to examine three questionnaire formats for collecting the same data about fathers and mothers from adolescents and emerging adults. Study 1 used secondary data analyses from three cross-sectional studies with 820 Latino adolescents using the three survey formats. Study 2 used data from a blind experimental design with 472 emerging adults where the three survey formats were randomly assigned to participants. The analyses from studies with adolescents and emerging adults demonstrated that when the items are asked in the Top Bottom and Left Right formats there are significantly higher correlations between responses about mothers and fathers than when the items are asked in the Separate Pages format.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"313-327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3149/FTH.0903.313","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0903.232
V. Tichenor, J. McQuillan, A. Greil, R. Contreras, K. Shreffler
{"title":"The Importance of Fatherhood to U.S. Married and Cohabiting Men","authors":"V. Tichenor, J. McQuillan, A. Greil, R. Contreras, K. Shreffler","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0903.232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0903.232","url":null,"abstract":"Using a non-hierarchical approach to identity theory, we construct a scale to analyze the characteristics associated with the importance of fatherhood in a national sample of male partners (N = 932) of U.S. women of reproductive age, including fathers and non-fathers. OLS multiple regression shows that economic situation is not associated with importance of fatherhood, but valuing career success, higher education, higher religiosity and non-egalitarian gender attitudes (compared to egalitarian) are associated with higher importance of fatherhood scores. Leisure, age, fertility problems, and non-egalitarian gender attitudes are associated with importance of fatherhood scores differently for fathers and non-fathers. Although fathers place a higher value on fatherhood than do non-fathers, non-fathers, especially those who have experienced infertility, also have high importance of fatherhood scores.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"232-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3149/FTH.0903.232","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-04-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0902.189
Anna-Lena Almqvist, A. Sandberg, L. Dahlgren
{"title":"Parental Leave in Sweden : Motives, Experiences, and Gender Equality amongst Parents","authors":"Anna-Lena Almqvist, A. Sandberg, L. Dahlgren","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0902.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0902.189","url":null,"abstract":"The study explores similarities and differences in motives, experiences and gender equality between parents regarding paid parental leave. Interviews were made with 16 heterosexual couples, drawn from 4 Swedish municipalities: 2 in each of the 2 counties with the widest difference in fathers’ paid parental leave usage. Extensive campaigns encouraging fathers to take paid parental in the northern county during the 1990s may have contributed to this difference. Data was drawn from interviews in 2008; the analysis was inspired by grounded theory. Fathers tend to have an increased child orientation, relating to change in hegemonic masculinity, and gender equality is more pronounced in child care than in household work. Lack of male networks and traditional division of household labor are more common in the low take-up municipalities.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"189-206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-04-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0902.169
K. Shreffler, Meagan Parrish Meadows, Kelly D. Davis
{"title":"FIREFIGHTING AND FATHERING: WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT, PARENTING STRESS, AND SATISFACTION WITH PARENTING AND CHILD BEHAVIOR","authors":"K. Shreffler, Meagan Parrish Meadows, Kelly D. Davis","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0902.169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0902.169","url":null,"abstract":"Using a sample of fathers who are firefighters (N = 473), we first examined the link between work role stressors and fatherhood role salience in predicting work-to-family conflict. Second, we examined how each of those was associated with parenting stress and satisfaction with parenting and children’s behavior. Occupational stress, working over 60 hours per week, and lack of sleep were associated with greater work-to-family conflict, as was perceived childcare load. Work-to-family conflict was associated with higher parenting stress and lower parenting satisfaction. Working more than 60 hours per week significantly predicted lower satisfaction with children’s behavior. Fatherhood role salience factors were also associated with parenting stress and parenting satisfaction. These results highlight the importance of work-to-family conflict in fathering research and suggest that the salience of the fatherhood role provides a contextual understanding for the relationship between work and parenting in fathers’ lives.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"169-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-04-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0902.150
Gemma Yarwood
{"title":"THE PICK AND MIX OF FATHERING IDENTITIES","authors":"Gemma Yarwood","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0902.150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0902.150","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper I ask, how can discursive research illustrate the flexible and negotiated identities of fatherhood? Using accounts from qualitative interviews with nine employed, first time fathers in the United Kingdom, this paper illuminates the complexities of their everyday lives as they try to make sense of dominant discourses of masculinity and fathering. I argue, fatherhood is dynamic rather than static by presenting discursive analysis of fathering talk. In particular, I critically analyse the hegemonic frames of fathering and masculinity in the UK and the everyday challenges these pose to fathers. I conclude by suggesting that fathers are not cultural dopes but discursive agents, struggling with the institutional norms of fatherhood. Finally I make recommendations for further scholarly research on the fluidity of fathering identities so that it may be embraced rather than side-lined in favour of static normative constructs.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"34 1","pages":"150-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-04-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0902.125
Beth A. Latshaw
{"title":"Is Fatherhood a Full-Time Job? Mixed Methods Insights into Measuring Stay-at-Home Fatherhood","authors":"Beth A. Latshaw","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0902.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0902.125","url":null,"abstract":"Little is known about men who serve as primary caregivers for American families due to a lack of detailed questions on fatherhood and small numbers found in large-scale, nationally representative surveys. This paper moves beyond this limitation using a combination of in-depth interviews with 40 fathers and microdata from the 2005-2007 American Community Survey to critically assess whether the US Census Bureau accurately counts the number of male primary caregivers. Findings suggest that it likely underestimates the number who care full-time, by as many as 1.4 million, by not counting fathers who work part-time, report other reasons for being home and/or have been home less than one year. These results have important implications for how scholars more precisely measure emergent, transitioning forms of fatherhood.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":"125-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FatheringPub Date : 2011-01-01DOI: 10.3149/FTH.0903.252
J. Fraser, H. Skouteris, M. McCabe, L. Ricciardelli, J. Milgrom, L. Baur
{"title":"PATERNAL INFLUENCES ON CHILDREN’SWEIGHT GAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW","authors":"J. Fraser, H. Skouteris, M. McCabe, L. Ricciardelli, J. Milgrom, L. Baur","doi":"10.3149/FTH.0903.252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/FTH.0903.252","url":null,"abstract":"Childhood overweight and obesity rates have continued to rise globally, reaching epidemic proportions. Children’s dietary patterns evolve within the context of the family and there are a number of pathways through which parents may shape children’s dietary practices, including parent nutritional knowledge the types of foods that are made available to children, parental modeling of particular eating behaviors, and parent child-feeding practices. Most research examining these predictors has been undertaken with mothers as the primary caregivers, while fathers have received markedly less attention. This paper is a review of the literature on paternal influences on preschool children’s weight gain, overweight and obesity. The results of this review indicate that fathers do influence preschool children’s weight gain, overweight and obesity status. However, methodological limitations in the existing studies make direct and meaningful comparisons across studies difficult. The review further highlights the fact that fathers have been neglected in childhood obesity research.","PeriodicalId":88482,"journal":{"name":"Fathering","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3149/FTH.0903.252","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69845926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}