Influences on Father Intentions to Engage in Caregiving

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ID2348644
AuthorsAshley Rivera (0000-0001-9196-1322, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume46
Issue4
Pages580-596
Publication date2025-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x241275974
OpenAlexW4401694168
LanguageEN
References cited13

Promoting father engagement in caregiving behaviors is a global health priority to improve individual, child, family, and community health. The purpose of this study was to explore barriers and passages to caregiving as experienced by engaged fathers as additional findings of a constructivist grounded theory study on the social process of caregiving in fathers. Through convenience and snowball sampling, 35 participants participated in the study. Data analysis occurred through coding for positive and negative influences utilizing an iterative categorization matrix. Negative influences, or barriers, included preoccupation, exhaustion, controlling forces, and social culture. Positive influences, or passages, included love, expectations, lifestyle, and support. The results of this study are discussed in perspective of the Theory of Caregiving in Fathers, which was created from the original constructivist grounded theory study. The findings of this study can inform targeted tools and interventions to support ongoing challenges to caregiving by fathers

Categorization · Constructivist grounded theory · Developmental psychology · Grounded theory · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Snowball sampling · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family and Disability Support Research · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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