Submitted by Ana Carla Almeida (ana.almeida@ucsal.br) on 2016-10-27T14:59:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA AB 2014.pdf: 1349406 bytes, checksum: 47145dda9d534fe42986fac01819ba9c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rosemary Magalhães (rosemary.magalhaes@ucsal.br) on 2017-01-13T13:58:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA AB 2014.pdf: 1349406 bytes, checksum: 47145dda9d534fe42986fac01819ba9c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-13T13:58:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA AB 2014.pdf: 1349406 bytes, checksum: 47145dda9d534fe42986fac01819ba9c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-09 / A presente dissertação de mestrado investigou o envolvimento do pai com o filho com deficiência visual, na faixa etária entre dois e seis anos. Para atingir tal propósito foi utilizada a pesquisa qualitativa, optando-se por estudo de casos múltiplos. Participaram da pesquisa seis pais, residentes no estado da Bahia, que tinham pelo menos um filho com deficiência visual, com idade entre dois e seis anos, acompanhado em instituição que atende precocemente crianças com tal deficiência. Além de coabitar com a criança, o pai também tinha outro filho sem deficiência. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa Prof. Dr. Celso Figueirôa Hospital Santa Izabel/SCMBA e, em seguida em instituição que atende crianças com deficiência visual, foram selecionados os participantes de acordo com os critérios anteriormente referidos. Eles foram convidados por meio de telefonemas para que comparecessem em dia e horário previamente agendados. Todos os participantes assinaram o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido. As entrevistas foram realizadas com cada pai em separado e gravadas para que nenhuma informação se perdesse. Os dados foram analisados de forma descritiva. Os principais resultados foram: a chegada do filho deficiente visual causou impactos diferentes na família dos participantes dependendo das experiências anteriores de convivência com pessoas com deficiência, mas foi dada continuidade à vida aprendendo a lidar e a conviver com a presença de um membro nessas condições no contexto familiar. Ser pai de um filho com deficiência visual, mesmo com os dramas vividos, consiste em experiência positiva, uma dádiva. A interação direta do pai com seufilho com deficiência visual se deu por meio de várias formas, tais como: transportando-o, acompanhando-o nos atendimentos especializados, cuidando fisicamente dele, proporcionando a ele lazer/convivência, acompanhando-o na realização das tarefas escolares e comunicando-se com ele. Os pais se encontram mais disponíveis para atender as necessidades dos seus filhos nos momentos em que estão presentes em casa, bem como quando estão em horário de trabalho, desde que solicitados por telefone. Também são disponíveis nos momentos em que as mães encontram-se ausentes. Os entrevistados relataram que se sentem responsáveis pelas suas crianças em todos os aspectos, sendo que um pai destacou o provimento financeiro e o lazer e, outro, a tomada de decisões. Ao se comparar as formas de envolvimento paterno com a criança com deficiência visual e com o filho sem deficiência, constatou-se que no quesito interação, o envolvimento é maior com o filho deficiente visual, em decorrência dos cuidados requeridos pela deficiência. Por outro lado, os pais se envolvem de forma igual com relação à acessibilidade e a responsabilidade. Conclui-se que os pais apresentaram um bom envolvimento na interação direta com a sua criança com deficiência visual, o que favoreceu o desenvolvimento psicossocial do filho. Além disso, a presença do pai foi positiva no apoio moral dispensado à sua esposa, o que ajudou no enfrentamento do drama familiar diante do filho com deficiência. Aponta-se para a necessidade de estudos futuros que aprofundem o envolvimento do pai nos diversos tipos de deficiência. / This master dissertation investigated father involvement with visually handicapped children, aged between two and six years. To achieve this purpose qualitative research was used, choosing a multiple case study. Six parents participated in the survey, residents in Bahia state, which had at least one child with visual impairments, aged between two and six years, followed by early institution that serves children with such disabilities. Besides cohabiting with the children, the father also had another child without disabilities. The study was approved by the Ethics Comitee in Research Prof. Dr. Celso Figueirôa Santa Izabel Hospital /SCMBA and then in an institution where children with visual disability, participants were selected according to the above criteria. They were invited by telephone to attend a previously scheduled day and time. All participants signed an informed consent. Interviews were conducted with each parent separately and taped so that no information was lost. Data were analyzed descriptively. The main results were: the arrival of the visually handicapped child in the family caused different impacts depending on the participants' previous experiences of living with people with disabilities, but we continued to lifetime learning to cope and live with the presence of one of these conditions in family context. Being a parent of a child with visual impairment, even with experienced dramas, consisting of positive experience, a gift. A direct interaction between the father and his son with visual impairment occurred through various ways such as: carrying him, accompanying him on specialized care, taking care of him physically, giving him pleasure/conviviality, accompanying him in carrying out schoolwork and communicating with him. Parents are more available to meet the needs of their children at times when they are present in home as well as when they are in work hours, if requested by phone. They are also available at times when mothers are absent. Respondents reported that they feel responsible for their children in all aspects of being a parent highlighted the financial and leisure provision, and the other, making decisions. When comparing the forms of parental involvement with the visually impaired child and the child without disabilities, it was found that in the question interaction, engagement is higher with visually impaired child, due care required by the disability. Moreover, parents are involved equally with respect to accessibility and responsibility. It is concluded that the parents had a good involvement in direct interaction with their visually impaired child, which favored the psychosocial development of the child. Furthermore, the presence of the father was positive in the moral support given to his wife, which helped in coping with family drama before the disabled child. It points to the need for future studies to further investigate the involvement of the father in the various types of disabilities.

Submitted by Ana Carla Almeida (ana.almeida@ucsal.br) on 2016-11-16T13:55:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação 2015 revisada por candido1 (1).pdf: 1230157 bytes, checksum: f5f59f6a101b61e7dcf3a6a54c7f4b7d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rosemary Magalhães (rosemary.magalhaes@ucsal.br) on 2017-01-13T17:43:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação 2015 revisada por candido1 (1).pdf: 1230157 bytes, checksum: f5f59f6a101b61e7dcf3a6a54c7f4b7d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-13T17:43:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação 2015 revisada por candido1 (1).pdf: 1230157 bytes, checksum: f5f59f6a101b61e7dcf3a6a54c7f4b7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-18 / O presente estudo de mestrado tem por objetivo compreender o processo de adoção de crianças na perspectiva paterna. Para atingir tal escopo, optou-se por desenvolver uma pesquisa qualitativa descritiva. Participaram da investigação cinco pais adotivos, de classe média, que residiam em Salvador (Bahia), sendo que eles foram acessados em dois grupos de apoio à adoção. Foi realizada entrevista gravada com cada um deles em separado, para tanto, foi construído um roteiro com questões abertas. Os dados foram analisados de forma descritiva. Todos os participantes assinaram Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido e o estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da UNEB. Como resultados principais constatou-se que os motivos para a adoção foram variados: o pai ter feito vasectomia no primeiro casamento, após a vinda dos filhos biológicos, e ter-se casado novamente e desejar ter filho(s) com a nova esposa; o pai ser filho adotivo e querer retribuir o que havia recebido dos pais que o acolheram; também apareceu a adoção como um sentido da vida, mesmo o casal tendo filhos biológicos em comum; outra questão foi o fato de ter filho biológico com doença transmitida geneticamente; houve, ainda, a opção pela adoção ao invés da inseminação artificial diante da dificuldade em se conseguir a gravidez, o que foi motivado por questões religiosas. Ficou evidente a relevância de o processo de decisão ser do casal em conjunto, para que as relações familiares transcorram de forma mais positiva e favorecedora do desenvolvimento humano. Os critérios para a escolha do filho adotivo também foram diversos: ser parecido com os pais adotivos; ser menina ou um casal; ser bebê; ser saudável. Na primeira adoção, o casal deseja, de alguma forma, encontrar um filho adotivo com características semelhantes às que teria um suposto filho biológico, na segunda já há uma abertura maior. Os trâmites legais são considerados positivos no que diz respeito à atuação de equipe interdisciplinar, mas houve queixas com relação à demora da emissão da certidão de nascimento com o nome da família adotiva, o que prejudica o acesso à educação formal e a atendimentos médicos, além de provocar constrangimentos. Os pais equiparam o filho adotivo ao biológico e mostraram-se bastante envolvidos com suas crianças. Conclui-se que os pais vivenciaram intensamente todo o processo de adoção de seus filhos do coração. / This master's study aims to understand the child adoption process in the parental perspective. To achieve this scope, it was decided to develop a descriptive qualitative research. Five adoptive parents participated in the investigation, from avaraged-class, living in Salvador (Bahia), and they were accessed in two adoption support groups. Taped interview with each of them separately was made, therefore a script with open questions was built. Data were analyzed descriptively. All participants signed a consent form and the study was approved by UNEB Research Ethics Committee. The main results it was found that the reasons for adoption were varied: the father had a vasectomy at first marriage, after the coming of biological children, and have married again and want to have a child with the new wife; the father being adopted son and want to give back what had received from parents who welcomed; also appeared to adoption as a way of life, even the couple having biological children together; another issue was the fact that biological child with genetically transmitted disease; there was also the option for adoption instead of artificial insemination due to the difficulty in achieving pregnancy, which was motivated by religious issues. It was evident the importance of the decision process is the couple together so that family relationships elapse of more positive and favoring human development form. The criteria for choosing the adopted son also were many: look like the adoptive parents; be a girl or a couple; be baby; be healthy. In the first adoption, the couple want, somehow, find a foster child with characteristics similar to those that have a supposed biological child, in the second there is already greater openness. The legal procedures are considered positive with respect to the interdisciplinary team of action, but no complaints regarding the delay of issuance of the birth certificate with the name of the adoptive family, which affects access to formal education and medical care, as well cause constraints. Parents equate to biological and adopted son were quite involved with their children. We conclude that parents intensely experienced the whole process of adoption of their heart children.

abstract: Research demonstrating the importance of the paternal role has been largely conducted using samples of Caucasian men, leaving a gap in what is known about fathering in minority cultures. Family systems theories highlight the dynamic interrelations between familial roles and relationships, and suggest that comprehensive studies of fathering require attention to the broad family and cultural context. During the early infancy period, mothers' and fathers' postpartum adjustment may represent a critical source of influence on father involvement. For the current study, Mexican American (MA) women (N = 125) and a subset of their romantic partners/biological fathers (N = 57) reported on their depressive symptoms and levels of father involvement (paternal engagement, accessibility, and responsibility) during the postpartum period. Descriptive analyses suggested that fathers are involved in meaningful levels of care during infancy. Greater paternal postpartum depression (PPD) was associated with lower levels of father involvement. Maternal PPD interacted with paternal gender role attitudes to predict father involvement. At higher levels of maternal PPD, involvement increased among fathers adhering to less segregated gender role attitudes and decreased among fathers who endorsed more segregated gender role attitudes. Within select models, differences in the relations were observed between mothers' and fathers' reports of paternal involvement. Results bring attention to the importance of examining contextual influences on early fathering in MA families and highlight the unique information that may be gathered from separate maternal and paternal reports of father involvement. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Psychology 2014

Studies on African fatherhood represent African fathers as problematic and in South Africa, they are identified as ‘‘emotionally disengaged, physically absent, abusive and do not pay for their children's upkeep'' (Morrell & Ritcher, 2006:81). Many studies link the high rates of absent fathers to poverty and irresponsibility. Such literature is devoid of cultural factors that might be contributing to the high rates of absent fathers in most African communities. Across Southern Africa, intlawulo, a customary practice that involves the paying of a fine by a man responsible for impregnating a woman out of wedlock and his family to the pregnant woman's family. Historically, intlawulo served as a critical means of regulating and mediating unmarried fathers' involvement in their children's lives. Therefore, this explorative qualitative research project explores African fathers' experiences of intlawulo and its subsequent links to father involvement. To gauge their experiences and interpretation of intlawulo and father involvement, I conducted face-to-face in-depth qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of 8 black Xhosa speaking South African fathers from Cape Town who have gone through the intlawulo negotiations for the past five years or less. This study aimed to explore how the customary practice of intlawulo or ‘paying damages' influences a father's involvement in his child's life in Khayelitsha, an urban township within Cape Town. It argued that the payment of intlawulo regulates a father's involvement in childrearing, his interaction with and access to his child. In contrast to how fathering has been described in previous literature, this thesis argues that becoming a father is a process and intlawulo is the entry point where it can be denied, stopped and negotiated.

Father involvement is a prominent topic in literature and the discourse often refers to the availability and presence of the biological father in the home. Most homes in South Africa are female headed in which fathers are absent and not involved in their children’s lives because of factors such as poverty; cultural expectations of paying for damages and pride price as well as commitment to be part of the child’s life. South Africa has one of the highest rates of non-resident fathers in Africa, with nine million children growing up without fathers. Currently there is insufficient literature on paternity, including father involvement in South Africa, hence this study. It will explore how an African child perceives father involvement, in order to inform professionals when providing interventions. A qualitative exploratory case study design was used to inductively generate themes from five learners relating to their perspective, using semi-structured interviews and a focus group discussion interview. From thematic analysis of the participants’ extractions, three themes emerged as the research question answers: i) Theme 1: Impact of father presence/absence on the child; ii) Theme 2: Father’s contribution towards the family; and ii) Theme 3: Family functioning. The results encapsulate the different aspects of what a South African father’s role represents. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

The current study identified subgroups of individuals regarding nonresident fathers’ childcare provision by taking the growth mixture modeling approach (GMM) and Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS; wave 1 to wave 5). The three-profile model was the most fitted model, where Profile 1 (n = 548, 68.7%) showed the lowest childcare across waves, and Profile 3 (n = 106, 13.3%) was the most involved group, and the Profile 2 (n = 144, 18.0%) showed moderate levels of care provision (see Figure 1). Follow-up analysis revealed that the profiles significantly differed on child gender and the fathers’ education level; participants were more likely to be in the Profile 3 when the child was boy and fathers had higher education achievement.

There has been an increase in the fatherhood studies with minority groups in the United States in the past decades; however, these studies rarely included Turkish American fathers. To the best of the authors knowledge, current study was the first to explore father involvement in relation to fathers' perception of mothers' gate-keeping, fathers' competence as a parent, and their cultural stance as related to conservatism among a sample of Turkish American fathers with children between the ages of 3 to 6 years (n = 103). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor loadings of gate-closing and gate-opening items. The results yielded a two-factor solution with one suppressed item, and two cross-loading items with factor loadings bigger than .32. A path analysis was conducted to determine whether father's competence in relation to gate-closing and gate-opening, and father's conservatism adequately described father involvement through regression paths. The results of the chi-square goodness-of-fit test were not significant, χ2(3) = 1.84, p = .607, suggesting that the model fit the data well. Father's competency significantly predicted father involvement (B = 0.56, SE = .211, p = .008). Gate-closing (B = -30.48, SE = 15.340, p = .047) and gate-opening (B = 1.20, SE = .298, p < .001) significantly predicted father involvement. Gate-closing partially mediated the relationship between father's competency and father involvement (B = 0.11, SE = .063, p = .004) while gate-opening didn't yield mediation. And finally, conservatism did not significantly predict father involvement (B = -0.09, SE = -1.11, p = .266). The results suggest that with Turkish American fathers, competency, gate-closing and gate-opening are good predictors of father involvement, while conservatism is not a good predictor in this current study.

Given roles and expectations of father involvement in South Korea are in transition from traditional breadwinner to an involved caregiver to children, it is plausible that Korean fathers show diverse involvement behaviors in the contexts of work, family, and parenting. Using a person-centered approach, we explored if there were groupings of Korean fathers who could be identified from their involvement with their children. We also examined if those subgroup memberships were related to various factors in work, family, and parenting domains. With a sample of 212 married working fathers and the 12 items of involvement behaviors, we found four heterogeneous subgroups of people: low-involved, accessibility-focused, involved-but-less-accessible, and highly involved fathers. Significant differences among the four profiles were also found regarding various factors such as job stress, work and family conflict, work schedule, maternal employment, parenting satisfaction, and perceived level of involvement. Suggestions for future research, practitioners, and policymakers were discussed.

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between father involvement, nurturant fathering, and the psychological well-being among young adult women. A total of 99 young adult, female, university students completed retrospective measures of nurturant fathering, father involvement, and measures of current psychological well-being (measured in terms of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and psychological distress). Results indicated that retrospective perceptions of both father involvement and nurturant fathering were positively correlated with daughters' current levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Perceptions of expressive involvement, and nurturant fathering were found to have the strongest relationship with self-esteem and life satisfaction. Results, however, did not indicate any significant correlations between fathering measures and daughters' current psychological distress. Together, the results of the present study provide several important implications for future father-daughter research and the field of marriage and family therapy.

Guided by the limited previous literature of adolescent sexual debut and father behaviors, this study examined the influence of father warmth, involvement, and monitoring on adolescent age of sexual debut and likelihood of sexual debut before age 16. Participants and measures were drawn from the Flourishing Families Project and included 346 families and variables from measures completed by adolescents and their parents. A zero-inflated Poisson model was used to test the relationship between father variables and adolescent sexual debut. Gender differences were also analyzed. The findings indicate that an increase in father warmth correlates with a decreased age of sexual debut for adolescent sons and daughters. Results also suggest that an increase in father engagement is related to an increase in the age of debut. However, this variable was also associated with increasing the likelihood of debut for adolescent sons. No significance was found between father monitoring and the age or likelihood of debut. Findings suggest that father variables, independent of mother behaviors, uniquely influence adolescent sexual debut; these effects seem to be protective in some circumstances, while increasing risk in other instances. Implications for future research is considered.