Generativity as Second Chance: Low-Income Fathers and Transformation of the Difficult Past.
Few studies have focused on disadvantaged men's efforts to seek a second chance to remake their lives. In this article, we examine expressions of generativity in life history interviews with a diverse sample of 77 Black and White low-income fathers. We explore what constituted "the difficult past" o...
| Publicado en: | Research in Human Development Vol. 3; no. 2/3; pp. 139 - 160 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2006
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