Contextualizing the Parenting Experiences of Non-Resident African American Fathers: Insights for Service Providers.
In comparison to resident fathers, non-resident fathers face formidable challenges in maintaining a consistent presence in their children's lives. Such challenges tend to exist on multiple contextual levels--intrapersonal, interpersonal, neighborhood, community, cultural, and societal. We conducted...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. 3693 - 3716 |
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Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA https://ror.org/047s2c258 Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA https://ror.org/03efmqc40 School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA https://ror.org/04rq5mt64 School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA su: Lifestyles African Americans Psychology of fathers Qualitative research Fatherhood Fathers' attitudes Interviewing Culture Parent-child relationships Parenting Father-child relationship Communities Families Family relations Experience Psychology of parents Interpersonal relations Phenomenology Social support Well-being Research funding Research methodology Conceptual structures sug: subj: Lifestyles African Americans Psychology of fathers Qualitative research Fatherhood Fathers' attitudes Interviewing Culture Parent-child relationships Parenting Father-child relationship Communities Families Family relations Experience Psychology of parents Interpersonal relations Phenomenology Social support Well-being Other Individual and Family Services Research funding Research methodology Conceptual structures keyword: African American Context Ecological approach Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Studies in Human Society Sociology Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Non-resident fathers African American Context Ecological approach Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Studies in Human Society Sociology Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Non-resident fathers ab: In comparison to resident fathers, non-resident fathers face formidable challenges in maintaining a consistent presence in their children's lives. Such challenges tend to exist on multiple contextual levels--intrapersonal, interpersonal, neighborhood, community, cultural, and societal. We conducted semi-structured, qualitative interviews with a sample of eight participants who identified as an African American, biological, non-resident father to at least one child, ages 5–17. We explored barriers and facilitators to their involvement on five contextual levels—self, co-parenting, family, social/community, and societal. We employed a phenomenological methodology which revealed numerous barriers to involvement with children, including the father's own personal lived experiences, conflictual co-parenting and family dynamics, engagement in the street lifestyle, and challenges with parenting across multiple households. Findings also revealed several supports to involvement with children, including the father's determination to be involved and growth mindset toward fathering, positive and supportive co-parenting relationships, family support, and fatherhood programs. The results of this study are intended to provide contextually-based insights for service providers that can be translated into service delivery and applied to programs that focus on eliminating barriers and increasing supports to father involvement, thereby improving child well-being and enhancing family functioning. Highlights: Using a phenomenological methodology, we identified barriers and supports to non-resident African American father involvement with children. Barriers and supports existed on four contextual levels: (1) self, (2) co-parenting, (3) family, and (4) social and community. Barriers included the father's lived experiences (i.e., parenting fears and insecurities and incarceration), co-parenting and family dynamics (i.e., co-parenting conflict and parenting across multiple households), and the street lifestyle. Facilitators included the father's determination to be involved, a growth mindset, positive and supportive co-parenting relationships, family support, and fatherhood programs. We offer a conceptual ecological framework to assist service providers in their work with non-resident African American fathers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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