Parenting Patterns of Single Parents Father's Against Child Psychology

Exploring fathers' perceptions of parenting a child with Asperger syndrome.

This study explores Irish fathers' perceptions of parenting a child with Asperger syndrome (AS). Ethical approval was granted by the service provider, and Husserlian phenomenological approach facilitated the exploration. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews of nine fathers in the West region of Ireland. Data were transcribed and analysed using Colaizzi's (1978) method. The stu...

Journal of Family Psychology Predictors of Parenting Stress Among Gay Adoptive Fathers in the United States

Fathers Are Parents Too

Fathers nowadays are uncertain of their status and function in the family. This book sets out to show the part which a father is meant to play, and to discuss how he can best play it through the succeeding phases of a child's life. The two authors, one of whom is Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University in Philadelphia, have succeeded admirably : they have produced a lively guide to fatherh...

Comparison of Parenting Style in Single Child and Multiple Children Families

Background and Purpose: Family is the first and the most important structure in human civilization in which social lifestyles, mutual understanding, and compatibility is learned. Studies have shown that parenting style, is one the most important and fundamental factors in personality development. The purpose of this study was comparison of parenting style in single child and multiple children f...

Fathers and child neglect.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between father involvement and child neglect. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Participants were recruited from an inner-city pediatric primary care clinic and a clinic for children at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection in a teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Mothers and fathers or father figures, and 244 five-year olds participating in a longitu...