Download or read book Fatherhood in Transition written by Thomas Johansson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses and analyses the ways in which fatherhood is in transition in contemporary and globalized society. The authors identify and examine fathering practices in relation to hegemonic and marginal patterns of masculinity, the concept of heteronormativity and sexuality, and patterns of segregation, class and national differences. Contextualised in relation to theories of fatherhood and relevant statistics, Fatherhood in Transition presents rich empirical material gathered in a number of western countries. It focuses on key themes including transnational fathering and families, gay fathers and the virtual global arena of fatherhood images found on the internet. Containing a number of new discussions about masculinity and fatherhood, whilst contributing to and developing existing debates and theories about men, masculinity, gender and society, this book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including Men’s Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Media Studies and Cultural Studies.
Download or read book Transition to Parenthood written by Roudi Nazarinia Roy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transition to Parenthood moves beyond a one-study focus and captures multidisciplinary work on all families making the transition to parenthood. The book covers societal trends, changes, and most importantly expectations. Focus is also placed on how families are impacted by their surroundings and their individual members. Strengths and limitations of current theories are discussed, as well as how the phenomenon of parenthood requires a combination of both macro- and micro-level theories.
Download or read book Engaged Fatherhood for Men Families and Gender Equality written by Marc Grau Grau and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.
Download or read book Fathers to Be Handbook written by Patrick M. Houser and published by . This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fathers To Be Handbook written by Patrick M. Houser and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Up Global written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-06-25 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges for young people making the transition to adulthood are greater today than ever before. Globalization, with its power to reach across national boundaries and into the smallest communities, carries with it the transformative power of new markets and new technology. At the same time, globalization brings with it new ideas and lifestyles that can conflict with traditional norms and values. And while the economic benefits are potentially enormous, the actual course of globalization has not been without its critics who charge that, to date, the gains have been very unevenly distributed, generating a new set of problems associated with rising inequality and social polarization. Regardless of how the globalization debate is resolved, it is clear that as broad global forces transform the world in which the next generation will live and work, the choices that today's young people make or others make on their behalf will facilitate or constrain their success as adults. Traditional expectations regarding future employment prospects and life experiences are no longer valid. Growing Up Global examines how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countries, and what the implications of these changes might be for those responsible for designing youth policies and programs, in particular, those affecting adolescent reproductive health. The report sets forth a framework that identifies criteria for successful transitions in the context of contemporary global changes for five key adult roles: adult worker, citizen and community participant, spouse, parent, and household manager.
Download or read book The First Year of Fatherhood written by Linda Clair Robrecht and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Preparatory Factors in the Transition to Fatherhood written by Steven Arthur Casolaro and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biopsychology of Transition to Fatherhood written by Tiziana Perini and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this work was on fathers across the transition to fatherhood. The purpose of the empirical studies was to explore the association of testosterone (T) and paternal investment including interpersonal differences in personality traits and relationship quality. Providing paternal care is associated with a reduced likelihood of engaging in competitive or mating behavior and also of providing protection when necessary. T is a psychobiological marker of reproductive behavior. Recent studies found decreasing T levels in males across the transition to fatherhood, in order to reduce mating effort in favor of providing paternal care. In addition, there is empirical evidence for reducing relationship quality in parents across the transition to parenthood. Therefore, a direct association of T level and relationship quality was suggested. Moreover, researchers have assumed that sensation seeking (SS) is associated with both mating effort and T. For this reason, the personality trait SS was included in further investigations of the second study of this work. Thirty-seven fathers and 38 men in committed romantic relationships without children (controls) were recruited. On two days (four weeks prior to (t1) and eight weeks after birth (t2) for fathers, and three months after the first measurement day for controls), all subjects repeatedly collected saliva samples for T measurement at three times of the day, filled in a protocol of activities and completed online questionnaires. In the two empirical studies presented in this work, the following main results were obtained: In line with recent studies, fathers showed significantly lower T levels (AUCg-T) than controls at t2; moreover, fathers showed a significant decrease in relationship quality, whereas relationship quality of controls did not change significantly over time. In particular, the values of the subscale Tenderness decreased significantly in fathers from t1 to t2. Furthermore, the T level at t1 interacted with the change in T level from t1 to t2. This interaction was associated with the extent of decrease in Tenderness during the transition to fatherhood. Since Tenderness, including sexuality, might reflect aspects of mating effort, these results corroborate the “challenge hypothesis” in humans, whereby T level is positively associated with mating effort and negatively related to paternal activities. In the second study, linear regression revealed a significant interaction between group and SS, meaning that SS moderates T levels across the transition to fatherhood. Fathers with low SS showed a significant change in the diurnal fluctuation of T from t1 to t2, whereas the diurnal fluctuation of T in fathers with high SS did not change significantly. In conclusion, the transition to fatherhood is associated with a reduction in the extent of diurnal fluctuation of T for fathers with low scores in SS. Given the inconsistencies in empirical evidence in research on the transition to fatherhood and the potential importance for understanding paternal behavior, with its correlates of endocrinological aspects, the studies of this work are the first to combine psychological and endocrinological aspects in a longitudinal design and to compare potential changes and associations with a matched sample of men without any children as controls.
Download or read book The transition to fatherhood written by Terry E. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transition to Fatherhood written by Tammy Lynn Mann and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Father Time The Social Clock and the Timing of Fatherhood written by W. Goldberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men's biological clocks may not be ticking loudly, but what about the social clock? Are there benefits to being in-step with social norms for the timing of parenthood? In a clear and accessible style, this book examines the advantages and disadvantages of early, on-time, and delayed first fatherhood. The book includes a foreword by Ross D. Parke.
Download or read book Slavery Fatherhood and Paternal Duty in African American Communities over the Long Nineteenth Century written by Libra R. Hilde and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing published and archival oral histories of formerly enslaved African Americans, Libra R. Hilde explores the meanings of manhood and fatherhood during and after the era of slavery, demonstrating that black men and women articulated a surprisingly broad and consistent vision of paternal duty across more than a century. Complicating the tendency among historians to conflate masculinity within slavery with heroic resistance, Hilde emphasizes that, while some enslaved men openly rebelled, many chose subtle forms of resistance in the context of family and local community. She explains how a significant number of enslaved men served as caretakers to their children and shaped their lives and identities. From the standpoint of enslavers, this was particularly threatening--a man who fed his children built up the master's property, but a man who fed them notions of autonomy put cracks in the edifice of slavery. Fatherhood highlighted the agonizing contradictions of the condition of enslavement, and to be an involved father was to face intractable dilemmas, yet many men tried. By telling the story of the often quietly heroic efforts that enslaved men undertook to be fathers, Hilde reveals how formerly enslaved African Americans evaluated their fathers (including white fathers) and envisioned an honorable manhood.
Download or read book An Integrative Review of Fathers Needs During the Transition to Fatherhood written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To examine the needs and experiences of fathers during the transition to fatherhood with the intent of improving perinatal education for fathers.
Download or read book Coping with Life Crises written by Rudolf Moos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines new developments in the area of human competence and coping behavior. It sets forth a conceptual framework that considers the interplay between environmental contexts and personal resources and their impact on how indi viduals cope with life transitions and crises. The selections cover the tasks confronted in varied life crises and describe the coping strategies employed in managing them. The material identifies the long-term effects of such life events as divorce and bereave ment as well as the way in which these stressors can promote personal growth and maturity. The book contains a broad selec tion of recent literature on coping and adaptation, integrative commentaries that provide the background for each of the areas as well as conceptual linkages among them, and an introductory overview that presents a general perspective on human compe tence and coping. Illustrative case examples are included. The first part of the book is organized chronologically ac cording to developmental life transitions confronted by many people-from the childhood years through adolescence, career choice and parenthood, divorce and remarriage, middle age and retirement, and death and bereavement. The second part covers unusual life crises and other hazards that typically involve ex treme stress such as man-made and natural disasters and terrorism. The book highlights effective coping behavior among healthy individuals rather than psychological breakdown and psychiatric symptoms. The emphasis is on successful adaptation, the ability to cope with life transitions and crises, and the process by which such ix x PREFACf. ".
Download or read book The Impact on Men of the Transition to Fatherhood written by Bruce Drobeck and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Men s Transitions To Parenthood written by Phyllis W. Berman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. After many years of neglect, research on fathers is proliferating. Rapid changes are now taking place; new aspects of fathers' behavior are being examined; new issues are being raised; and new methods are being devised. In the spring of 1984, a 2-day conference was organized by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to explore theoretical and methodological questions concerning men's development of parental attitudes, behaviors, and roles from their children's prenatal period through early infancy. Most of the researchers who participated in the conference are still working with longitudinal projects that continue to trace the development of fathers throughout their children's early years. This book presents the work of eight of these investigators.
