Role Of Father Research Articles

Konsep Fathering Dalam Pengasuhan Anak Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Di SDIT Al Barkah Depok

This study aims to determine the implementation and analyze the concept of fathering in parenting children during a pandemic at the Al Barkah Mekarsari Cimanggis Depok Integrated Islamic Elementary School. The research was conducted qualitatively with a literature study approach. The research sources are the Al-Qur'an (interpretation), books, and school documents. The fatherless phenomenon has a negative impact, namely the loss of a sense of security, children are more often absent from school, cognitively decreased, children, are more easily depressed, children, are more antisocial, and more often sick and psychologically depressed. Implementing the father's personality principles is a solution for fathers to be more effective in carrying out the father's role towards their children during the co-19 pandemic. The implementation of father's personality principles in parenting children during the Covid-19 pandemic is: (1) Setting an example. (2) Apply parenting and education with habits. (3) Give advice to children with love. (4) Always provide attention and a good environment, (5) Be wise with children. (6) A father must always pray to Allah for the good of his child.

Differences and similarities between mothers’ and fathers’ risk factors for child maltreatment

BackgroundParental risk factors play an important role in child maltreatment, however, little is known about the role of fathers’ risk factors. ObjectiveThe current study aimed to compare fathers and mothers in terms of (1) the prevalence and impact of risk factors for perpetrating child maltreatment and (2) the interplay of risk factors. Participants: The Dutch sample consisted of 4090 mothers and 3973 fathers who had a newborn and received health-and developmental checks between October 2001 and November 2002. MethodsRisk factors were assessed using the Instrument for Identification of Parents at Risk for Child Abuse and Neglect (IPARAN) and child maltreatment was defined as a verified report at Child Protection Services in a period of 3-years following completion of the IPARAN. McNemar tests and network analyses were performed. ResultsResults demonstrated that the majority of assessed risk factors were related to perpetrating future child maltreatment for both fathers and mothers. In general, risk factors were more prevalent in mothers than in fathers. Inability to ask for help was the risk factor that was most prevalent for both mothers (22.4%) and fathers (22%). The risk factors worries about raising the child, unhappy during pregnancy, and losing control when angry were more strongly related to future child maltreatment in mothers compared to fathers, whereas risk factors related to their own child maltreatment in the past and experiencing a lack of support were more impactful for fathers compared to mothers. For fathers and mothers, belief in physical punishment and risk factors related to their own history of child maltreatment were most central. ConclusionsOverall, these findings underscore the importance of considering the long-lasting, intergenerational effects of child maltreatment. Intergenerational trauma may put parents at a higher risk of becoming perpetrators; our network results confirm that these risk factors deserve an important spot in prevention efforts.

The Relationship between Fathers Parenting Behavior and Adult Attachment

Parenting behaviors are based on the Internal Working Model (IWM), which people acquire through attachment experiences in childhood. Bowlby and Ainsworth developed the fundamental model of childhood attachment. Later, researchers extended the original attachment theory and measures of adult attachment to study adult attachment bonds. The attachment styles of adults and their parenting behaviors are closely related. There is a connection between a parents adult attachment style and parenting style, as they have varying levels of demandingness in their IWM. Nonetheless, when fathers and mothers experience marital conflict or maltreatment, there is a difference between them. As most previous research concentrated on mothers, it is important to investigate and gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between the fathers adult attachment and fathers parenting style, considering various marital factors. Father with an insecure adult attachment tend to adopt approaches of withdrawal or authoritarian control in parenting, especially in the case of conflict. A secure adult attachment of father is essential for the child to develop a secure attachment. A better understanding of the fathers parenting style can help improve family intervention programs. This review can provide some insights for future research regarding the role of father in a family.

The concept of love in the patchwork family and it’s use in psychotherapy

IntroductionThe authors - both active psychotherapists and at the same time happily married couple - present bravely a unique case study : theirs own patchwork family. The dwelve deeply into family systems dynamic, analyze the relationship between grandparents, parents and children. The standard roles of father and mother are taken into examination, especially after the youngest baby is born. With wit and humor, the authors define the new working paradigm of patchowork love.ObjectivesDefine the new concept of love in patchwork family and redefine the traditional roles.MethodsCase study.ResultsThe result - the new concept of a fully functioning patchwork family with redefined love concept and new roles - enables better understanding and richer life.ConclusionsWe should always seek for love in the families, which come to psychotherapy / psychiatry office for help. Understanding the dynamic of love in the patchwork family is crucial to providing high quality help.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Domestic research trends related to images of fathers: Focusing on perception of father’s image

연구목적: 본 연구는 아버지 상과 관련해 실제 인식을 파악한 국내 연구들을 체계적으로분석하여 연구동향을 살펴봄으로써, 후속연구에 필요한 방향성과 기초정보를 제공하는데 목적을 둔다. 방법: 아버지에 대한 이미지와 인식을 조사한 2000년부터 최근인 2022년까지 국내에서발행된 36편의 학술지 및 학위논문을 선정하여, 시기, 방법, 주제별로 연구 내용과 빈도를체계적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 첫째, 아버지 상은 2000년대 후반부터 연구물의 수가 크게 증가하여, 2010년대 후반까지 활발하게 연구되었지만, 최근 그 수가 크게 줄어드는 추세이다. 둘째, 아버지 상은과반 이상이 설문조사를 통해 연구되었으며, 그 다음으로 면담, 실험, 관찰, 기타 방법순으로 연구방법이 사용되었다. 셋째, 아버지 상은 가정적인 아버지, 경제적 부양, 정서적지원, 모델·교육·훈육, 부정적 이미지의 다섯 가지 차원으로 분석되었으며, 인식의 주체에따라 서로 다른 양상으로 그 빈도와 추이가 다르게 나타났다. 결론: 아버지 상에 대한 연구동향은 시대적 요구와 사회문화 변화에 따라 변화되어 가는아버지 상을 반영하였다. 또한, 아버지에 대한 가족구성원마다의 인식에서 차이가 있으며, 정부의 정책적 기조와 같은 사회적 변동에 의해 연동됨을 알 수 있다. 사회적 지표를통해 아버지의 역할수행이 개선되고 있음이 드러나지만, 여전히 아버지의 역할수행과인식 간에는 간극이 존재하며, 이에 대한 사회적 차원의 노력이 요구된다. 더불어 다각적인 아버지 상 연구를 위해서는 연구수행에 있어 방법론적 다양성을 확보하고, 심화된분석 논의가 요구된다.Objectives: The purpose of this study is to provide direction and basic information necessary for subsequent studies by analyzing trends in research related to images of fathers published in Korea from 2000 to 2022. Methods: The approach used in this study was to analyze the trend associated with images of fathers according to the periods, methods, and subjects of the images. Results: First, the number of studies on the fathers' images has increased significantly since the late 2000s, and this topic was actively studied until the late 2010s, though the number of studies has significantly decreased more recently. Second, more than half of the fathers' images were studied through a survey, followed by interviews, experiments, observations, and then other methods. Third, the fathers' images were analyzed in five dimensions: family father; economic support; emotional support; model[Jim C2], education, and training; and negative images. The frequency and trend differed depending on the subject of perception. Conclusions: The research trend on fathers' images reflected changes in these images according to the needs of the times and changes in the social culture. In addition, it was noted that there were differences in the perceptions of family members of the father and that this was linked to social changes, such as policy stances taken by the government. Although it was revealed that the father's role performance is improving through social indicators, there is still a gap between the father's role performance and perception, and efforts at the social level are required. In addition, for multilateral father-image research, methodological diversity in research performance is secured, and an in-depth analysis discussion is required.

Shifting worlds of father politics? Comparing path-departing change in paternity and parental leave policy in Germany and the UK

ABSTRACTHow families balance employment and the care of young children has become a focus of dynamic policy change in many high-income countries since the 1990s. While there has been a broad shift across the OECD away from male-breadwinner model work-family policy regimes, there is much variation in the extent to which policies targeted at fathers have been part of these changes. Examining this variation, this article compares two cases which both represent ‘late path shifters’ away from the male-breadwinner family model, yet whose trajectory in terms of ‘father politics’ are very different: Germany, which has introduced well-remunerated, non-transferable periods of leave for fathers, and the UK, where leave policy has remained overwhelmingly focused on mothers. This article seeks to explain these different trajectories through an analysis of the political role of ideas in the two processes of reform. Drawing on documentary analysis and interviews with policymakers, it argues that a substantial shift in ideas about the role of fathers underpinned the reforms in Germany, while no such shift took place in the UK. This difference is explained with reference to political conditions, which created similar but different windows of opportunity for change, and the impact of existing policy legacies.

‘I am a different father’. An intergenerational analysis of the social transformation of fatherhood in the Islamic Republic of Iran

ABSTRACTThis paper was inspired by Michael Rush’s works on the social construction of fatherhood in non-European contexts. It aims to fill a knowledge gap in gender, family and Iranian studies by exploring both the changing role of fathers and men’s involvement in family life and care in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Adopting an intergenerational approach and a mixed methods design, the paper considers how fatherhood practices and discourses have changed over the last decades and how different generations of men elaborate, describe, and perform the paternal role. Despite institutionalized gender inequality and a patriarchal family structure supported by family law legislation, fatherhood in Iran is anything but static. Instead, it is possible to notice a gradual redefinition of gender roles within the family. Especially urban middle class’s men are negotiating diverse masculinities and, at the same time, delivering non-traditional parenting roles.

The Distribution of Unpaid Domestic Work in Hungarian Stay-at-Home Father—Working-Mother Families

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Hungarian stay-at-home father—working-mother families from a point of view of how the distribution of unpaid domestic work develops during the period when the father stays at home with his child(ren). It answers the question of what principles and implemented practices govern the division of household labour in these families. According to the perception of the traditional parental role, unpaid domestic work, such as family duties, routine housework, and care work are the responsibility of mothers, while fathers are responsible for the financial stability of the family. In addition to the once prevailing breadwinner father role, nowadays the egalitarian model is becoming increasingly prominent. In parallel, a new father type appears according to which a good father wants to be more involved in the everyday life of the child. An extreme case of this type of involvement is when the father stays at home with his child(ren) and becomes the primary caregiver, and the mother assumes the role of breadwinner. The ratio of such families is growing around the world, but we still know relatively little about them. Our gap-filling, qualitative research is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 31 Hungarian stay-at-home fathers supplemented by a short questionnaire with their partners. The data were analyzed by thematic analysis method. As a main conclusion we could identify two clearly distinguishable groups among the examined couples: families with a rather traditional approach, and families having more egalitarian values concerning gender roles. However, the findings suggest that all of these families can be characterised by egalitarian sharing practices of duties, and at the same time by undoing gender. The distribution of routine housework and care work is based on a time availability perspective, which does not specify any masculine or feminine family duty or work.

Enabling family policies, changing gender norms: increasing childcare and housework among Norwegian fathers from 1980–2010

ABSTRACTFather politics belongs to different ‘worlds’, according to Michael Rush. The Nordic ‘world’ has developed better opportunities for fathers’ involvement in unpaid family work than other Western countries, thus lessening the gap between increasing social expectations and fathers’ practices. In recent decades, Norwegian fathers have increased the time they spend on childcare and housework. This article explores the role of fathers’ education in generating this change. Our analysis of four linked time use surveys in 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 showed that the fathers spent more time on both housework and childcare in 2010 than in 1980, even when compositional changes among the fathers, including increased levels of education, were accounted for. This development likely resulted from enabling family policies, generation replacement and changing gender norms. While the total time devoted to housework and childcare increased among the fathers across all educational groups, in 2010 the fathers with a long university education spent the most time on these activities. They also had the highest rate of change, especially in the 2000s, which may indicate a further consolidation of new father practices.

Effects of Father’s Absence on Child Growth and Development During Early Years

Presence of both mother and father are crucial for optimum emotional,spiritual and physical development of children. The main purpose of thisstudy was to explore mother perceptions regarding the effects of father’sabsence on child growth and development. The qualitative approach wasused to explore this phenomenon with mothers of 1 to 8 years oldchildren, where father was absent since last six months. Two focus groupdiscussions and five In-depth interviews were conducted in three middleclass communities of Karachi, Pakistan. Each FGD involved 10 motherswho were recruited through purposive sampling and consented toparticipate. Findings of the current study have been categorized into fourmain themes as father's role in child development, Problems mothersface while nurturing their children and the support systems of mothersand family. Study concluded that physical absent of father contributed innegative outcome on child emotional, social, psychological and physicaldevelopment. Mother experienced stress and depression while handlingmany responsibilities on everyday lives. Girl child and boy child bothsuffers equally and need their father presence in social and academicactivities and daily life. While making programs for holistic childdevelopment policy maker should consider this issue.

Role of father’s engagement in youth recreation programs

Fathers can play an essential role in their children’s development, including their physical, emotional, and social health, self-esteem, academic achievement, and resilience. Thus, fathers’ involvement with youth programs may play a significant role in a child’s life. The objectives of this study were to explore: (a) fathers’ perceptions of their role when it comes to their children’s participation in youth programs; and (b) youth program practitioners’ perceptions of roles that fathers play in youth’s engagement in youth programs. Employing the Big Three Model of positive youth development, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 fathers of youth (ages 7–14) participating in youth programs and six youth program practitioners. Several themes emerged from the data, including fathers as providers of love and support, fathers as role models of active lifestyle, fathers as builders of well-rounded children, fathers as resource providers, and fathers as distractors.

Penerapan Hak Hadhanah Pada Anak Yang Belum Mumayyiz Perspektif Mazhab Syafi’i

Divorce is an act that is lawful, but hated by Allah SWT. The consequences of divorce between husband and wife are among them hadhanah (child rearing). Each husband and wife fight over who is most entitled to have a role in the hadhanah. In particular, the status of the child is still not mumayyiz, so the mother has an important role in the right to care according to the as-Syafi'i school. This type of research uses library research (library research) which is qualitative analytic in nature. The data analysis technique is by analyzing the opinion of the as-Shafi'i school of thought regarding the right to hadhanah along with its legal analysis. The results of this thesis research are first, hadhanah rights are given to mothers before the age of 7 or 8 years, after that the child is given the right to choose between father and mother as long as the mother has not married another man. Setting the age of 7 or 8 is not the final limit for hadhanah, but it is the right for children to determine who to have hadhin. Second, the analysis of the as-Shafi'i school uses the argument from al-Quran sura at-Tahrim verse 6, which contains the general basis of hadhanah, then sura al-Baqarah verse 233, which contains the role of the mother in caring for her child, such as breastfeeding, caring. So the father's role in this case provides a living for the mother for breastfeeding. Third, the analysis of the opinion of the as-Shafi'i school is very relevant to the current family phenomenon. Where is the function of the father to make a living and the mother is at home. If parenting is given to the father, it is feared that the hadhanah will not be maximized.

The Unique Role of Father Involvement in Child Socioemotional Development

The role of fathers in the modern households has significantly changed, prompting scholarly interest in the uniqueness of paternal influences. The early childhood development literature is thereby no longer limited to focus solely on the effects of maternal behaviors. In particular, father involvement is regarded to have distinct mechanisms of influence on children's early social-emotional development that relatively independent of motherhood. However, there is not even a consistent definition of father involvement yet, and the current literature has received little attention within the pathways of how its influence on early childhood development. To bridge this gap, this paper aims to explore aspects of father involvement and the mechanisms of its impact on children's social-emotional behavior. Grounded on attachment theory and activation relationship theory, this paper presents that father involvement can build high-quality father-child attachments both through sensitive affection engagement and the challenges and activations that common in physical play, thus having a unique impact on children's social-emotional behavior that is different from that of their mothers. This paper can serve as an inspiration for future directions in father involvement research and has potential practical implications for policymakers and families with newborns. There remains ambiguities and gaps in the research on the parenting literature, such as there are very few studies have yet considered the dynamic and reciprocal nature of the father-child relationship, which need to be addressed by future research.

The Influences of Father Involvement on Children’s Development in China

The history of father involvement studies showed the importance of father involvement in children’s development. Researchers build theoretical models to explain why father involvement impacts children’s development. Compared to the increasing research on father involvement in western academics, there is a comparatively small number of studies relative to father involvement in China. The lack of research on father involvement in China may depend on the traditional Chinese cultural value of fatherhood. However, the Chinese fathers’ role evolved during the time change, contributing to scholars’ focus on the significance of father involvement in China. Thus, this article reviews past literature to investigate the theoretical mechanism of how father involvement affects children’s development, the evolution of Chinese father role, and the effects of father involvement on children’s development in China. Moreover, this article will also mention some suggestions for future Chinese father involvement research.

Soccer clubs as avenues for gender transformative socialization of adolescent boys in Cape Town and Mthatha, South Africa: A qualitative study.

In this paper, we explore the gender socialization of adolescent boys in soccer clubs, and ask whether there are opportunities for integrating gender transformative elements into that socialization. This qualitative study involved 11 in-depth interviews and informal conversations with male soccer coaches from Gugulethu township and Mthatha town in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, respectively. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. We found that the coaches felt that the adolescent boys in their soccer clubs faced serious social and emotional challenges, with the boys' poor socio-economic backgrounds and fragmented family structures being major contributors to these challenges. Most coaches also gave themselves the responsibility to try to address some of the challenges faced by their club members. To do this, they employed specific strategies, including creating an alliance with parents and professionals. In the process, the coaches engaged the boys on topics around respect, sexual and reproductive health, and avoiding alcohol, drugs, and involvement in criminal gangs. Some coaches also played a social fathering role to club members as a way of helping them to think differently about their lives, redirect risky practices, and reduce the chance for poor health outcomes. These findings highlight the role of soccer clubs and coaches as potential avenues for health- and equity-promoting gender socialization of adolescent boys.

Influence of parental play on Taiwanese 3-year-olds' executive function: Through the path of motor skills.

Parenting is known to impact children's executive function (EF) skills. However, nearly all the evidence comes from analyses of mother-child interaction. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care Database in Taiwan, the relations between both mother-child and father-child interaction and 3-year-olds' EF were investigated in 2,164 families. The results showed that mothers interacted with their children differently from fathers in terms of time distribution. Mothers were more equally involved in all aspects of parental involvement, whereas fathers spent more time in play. In addition, both mother-child and father-child play contributed to children's EF; however, the mediating effect of child motor skills was more prominent for father-child play. This study not only suggests a potential distinct and complementary role of fathers in young children's EF development but also indicates a unique mediating effect of motor skills in the path from parent-child play to child EF. Implications for parent education are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Mediation of Care and Overprotection between Parent-Adolescent Conflicts and Adolescents' Psychological Difficulties during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Which Role for Fathers?

There is evidence of a significant raise in youths' emotional and behavioral difficulties during the pandemic. Only a few studies have addressed parent-adolescent conflict, and none investigated the possible mediating effect of parenting in the association between conflicts with parents and adolescents' symptoms. This study aimed at investigating youths' psychological symptoms during the pandemic, focusing on the predicting effect of parent-adolescent conflict. The mediating role of care and overprotection was also explored, considering whether adolescent gender moderated this mediation. 195 adolescents aged 14-18 years participated in an online longitudinal study. Perceived conflict with parents and parenting dimensions (Parental Bonding Instrument; PBI) were assessed at baseline (2021). Self-reported psychological difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ) were collected at baseline and after one year (2022). A significantly severer symptomatology was found in adolescents having a conflictual relationship with one or both parents. Major conflicts with parents correlated with lower care and greater overprotection in mothers and fathers. However, parental overprotection and maternal care were not mediators of the relationship between conflict and youths' difficulties. The only exception was represented by paternal care that fully mediated this relationship in both adolescent males and females. Although further investigations are needed to overcome limitations due to the small sample, findings extend our insight into the impact of parent-adolescent conflict, highlighting the role of fathers' care and the need to maximize their involvement in clinical interventions.

The role of fathers in children's emotion regulation development: A systematic review

AbstractThis systematic review summarizes the results of 43 studies that explored the potential role of fathers in emotion regulation (ER) development in children. Following a tripartite model, this review investigates the paternal modelling of ER strategies, emotion‐related paternal parenting practices, father–child emotional climate, and fathers' characteristics, by identifying 16 specific themes of paternal factors that could play a role in the child's ER development. Results show that while a large number of studies investigated father–child emotional climate and fathers' characteristics and their association with children's ER, the effects of paternal modelling and the father's emotion‐related parenting practices on children's ER are still understudied. This review reveals that several factors—fathers' modelling of ER strategies; positive reactions and support in responding to their child's expression of emotions; better quality of the father–child relationship; higher father–child attachment security; and positive parenting in terms of sensitivity, engagement, and expressiveness—had significant associations with children's higher ER skills. Conversely, fathers' psychopathology and harsh parenting were associated with poorer ER skills in children.Highlights This study summarized existing literature that explored the association between paternal factors and ER in children. The review showed some evidence supporting the paternal role in children's ER development. Fathers' role in the development of child's ER is most prominent in infancy and toddlerhood. Most paternal factors significantly associated with a child's ER reflected previous findings examining maternal factors.

Collateral Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration on African American Fathers and Their Sons

Throughout history, the role of African American fathers has been plagued by oppression and persecution. As predicted by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," centuries of mistreatment and racism would plague African American families for generations and deem them in a constant state of despair and dysfunction. Relentless rhetoric about African American families and the father's role has been significant in the systemic degradation of African American men. The systemic oppression of African American men has led to more than 1.1 million imprisoned in the United States, and approximately 500,000 are fathers. Many of these fathers inherited their father's incarceration, and their children continue to fuel the cycle. For decades researchers linked the effects of parental incarceration to adverse childhood outcomes, including increased likelihood of imprisonment, particularly for African American males. Therefore, this study explored the impact of incarceration on African American fathers and their sons. The data revealed four major themes: caregiving, stigma, paternal bonds, and reentry. The findings implied that specialized knowledge through a forensic social work lens might offer more comprehensive solutions by focusing on paternal relationships, long-term consequences of incarceration, and objective criteria that can assist with treatment outcomes.

International Perspectives on the Role of Indigenous Fathers in Caring for Their Infants: A Scoping Study

Introduction
 Effective early childhood development interventions require a thorough understanding parental roles in supporting their infants’ health. Yet, the role of Indigenous fathers is not well illustrated within the literature. This scoping study synthesizes the roles that Indigenous fathers have in promoting the health and development of their infants, using an international perspective. Findings support future research to develop effective early childhood parenting interventions that address the unique needs of Indigenous fathers.
 Methods
 Scoping methodology was undertaken with inclusion criteria stipulating infants less than two years of age, and describing the role of Indigenous fathers (or father figures) in meeting the health and/or developmental needs of their infants. Descriptive and pattern coding were used during data extraction and synthesis. Collaboration with Indigenous community partners, including First Nations fathers, promoted ethical research conduct and findings framed within Indigenous ways of knowing.
 Results
 Findings highlight a journey to becoming a father, beginning with assuming a new identity as a father, establishing their fathering role, and supporting one another throughout the journey. This process has significant implications for a child’s development and wellbeing and related health policy.
 Conclusions
 This review synthesizes the experiences of Indigenous fathers across the globe, and while the journey is not fully understood, these initial findings are helpful to support future research and health policy. It is in the best interests of children if men are proactively supported in their transition to fatherhood as early as possible to promote a positive impact on their children’s development and future wellbeing.