Recently added articles from Fathering:
Fathers and the media: introduction to the special issue.(Essay)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Since the 1970s, there has been an increased scholarly interest in fatherhood. There have been fundamental shifts in family life, gender relations, declining wage of male earners, increases in female labor force participation and in men's involvement as the primary non-maternal care ...
Does father still know best? An inductive thematic analysis of popular TV sitcoms.(Essay)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Domestic situational television comedies were examined for various themes of father involvement. Twelve programs from the six major networks were recorded during the fall 2004 season. All instances that involved either discussion or fulfillment of the father role were transcribed ....
The depictions of fathers and children in best-selling picture books in the United States: a hybrid semiotic analysis.(Critical essay)
Mar 22, 2009; ... This research examines the presence and depictions of fathers in best-selling picture books in the U.S. using a hybrid semiotic approach. In 200 best-selling picture books for children, among those featuring only a father or only a mother, fathers are featured as prominent as a parent in ...
Trends in academic attention to fathers, 1930-2006.(Essay)
Mar 22, 2009; ... This systematic analysis of 1115 articles in five child development and family journals was conducted to: 1) examine whether academic attention to fathers has increased over time, and 2) describe temporal changes in content areas relevant to fathering and child development. Each article ...
Good and bad fathers as moral rhetoric in Wall Street.(Critical essay)
Mar 22, 2009; ... This essay reads the narrative dynamics between the "good" and "bad" father personas in Oliver Stone's Wall Street as arguments seeking to persuade audiences about the morality of the father/son relationship. Specifically, the film develops an argumentative logic advancing one patriarchal ...
Transitions within fathering.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Researchers and family theorists have emphasized the transition to fatherhood as a critical juncture in men's development and in their contribution to family well-being through father involvement and physical support. A growing body of theoretical and empirical literature establishes that ...
Examining the relations of infant temperament and couples' marital satisfaction to mother and father involvement: a longitudinal study.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... The relations of infant temperament and parents' marital satisfaction to mother and father involvement in early (T1, approximately 7 months, n = 142) and later (T2, approximately 14 months, n = 95) infancy were examined. At each assessment point, mothers and fathers completed daily diaries ...
"Just be there for them": perceptions of fathering among single, low-income men.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Using an interpretive life course perspective, we explore how men define their role as fathers based on experiences with their own fathers in the past. Based on qualitative interview data collected from thirty-six low-income fathers, we consider men's relationships with their own fathers ...
Relations between mattering to step- and non-residential fathers and adolescent mental health.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... This study examined the relations between perceptions of 133 early adolescents in stepfamilies concerning how much they mattered to their stepfathers and nonresidential biological fathers and adolescents' mental health problems. Mattering to nonresidential biological fathers significantly ...
High-risk subsequent births among co-residential couples: the role of fathers, mothers, and couples.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... This study examines predictors of a cumulative measure of high-risk births, rather than single risks separately, as in prior research. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort survey, we incorporate data from fathers and mothers to assess characteristics associated with ...
Nonresident fathers' family leisure patterns during parenting time with their children.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The purpose of the study was to examine the leisure patterns of nonresident fathers while spending time with their child(ren), and to examine leisure constraints, leisure facilitators and nonresident fathers' satisfaction with family leisure activities. Four instruments were used to ...
Life stories of young fathers in contexts of vulnerability.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... In 1984, Belsky identified dimensions that have an influence on parental conduct: developmental history, personality, marital relations, work, social network, and child characteristics. The objectives of this article are to examine Belsky's model in relation to a sample of 17 young fathers ...
"A kiss for mother, a hug for dad": the early 20th century Parents' Day campaign.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Father's Day and Mother's Day occupy sacred positions in American society--at least today. Unbeknownst to many, however, there was a campaign in the 1920s and 1930s to change Father's Day and Mother's Day to Parents' Day, so that fathers and mothers would be honored on the same day. The ...
Mother involvement as an influence on father involvement with early adolescents.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... This study hypothesized that father involvement is influenced by mothers' level of involvement as well as by marital conflict, mothers' work hours, and fathers' status as biological or step father. The analysis also tested hypotheses about mother involvement as a potential mediator of the ...
Erratum.(Correction notice)
Sep 22, 2008 ... A number of the reviewers for the special issue (Volume 6 #2, International Research on Fathering) were unintentionally left out of the list that appeared in Volume 6 #2. Here is a complete list of all reviewers for that issue. Susan S. Chuang Ann-Zofie Duvander ...
International research on fathering: an expanding horizon.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... As the articles in this special issue attest, the scholarly study of fathers has become a global phenomenon. The articles are based on just a few of the papers dealing with fathers presented at the International Sociological Association's XVII World Congress of Sociology held in Durban, ...
A life course perspective on fatherhood and family policies in the United States and South Africa.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... In this theoretical paper, I develop a framework to analyze and to understand men's work and family roles in multicultural societies with histories of inequality. I draw upon a life course perspective--including the concepts of reciprocal continuity, linked lives, and timing of lives ...
Determinants, costs, and meanings of Belgian stay-at-home fathers: an international comparison.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... Data gathered from 21 at-home fathers living in Belgium were analyzed and compared to results from research conducted in Australia, Sweden and the USA on fathers taking primary responsibility for childcare. The dynamic process of managing the tension between assigned norms and personal ...
Doing fatherhood: understanding the gendered use of parental leave in Finland.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... In families with young children, parental practices are usually gendered: mothers do more unpaid care work, while fathers spend more time in paid employment. Recent efforts in the Nordic countries to promote equal sharing of childcare responsibility between parents have resulted in ...
Impact of fathers' support and activities on mothers' marital satisfaction by income contribution during economic recession in Japan.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... Japanese society has faced a serious economic recession since the mid-1990s. Husbands continue to be the main breadwinners and rarely participate in housework, even though their wages have become less secure. Wives contribute to the household finances to various degrees, in addition to ...