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- Title
Turning points in the transition to parenthood: Variability of father involvement over time.
- Authors
Schmidt, Eva-Maria; Rieder, Irene; Zartler, Ulrike; Schadler, Cornelia; Richter, Rudolf
- Abstract
Although fathers' involvement in care work has increased, the transition to parenthood still implies a gendered division of labour. In order to gain more knowledge of this ambivalence, we focus on the variability of father involvement at this transition. Based on an Austrian qualitative longitudinal study with couples experiencing the transition to first-time parenthood, we examined how fathers' affective, cognitive and behavioural involvement varies across the transition process. Changes in fathers' involvement culminated at particular points in time, conceptualised as turning points. Results show that the transition to fatherhood is characterised by a variety of prepregnancy, prenatal and postnatal turning points at which father involvement undergoes crucial transformations. Father involvement varies not only between fathers, but also within individual transitions. The study indicates that turning points contribute to the dynamics and fluidity of the transition process.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; FATHERHOOD; PARENTHOOD; FATHERHOOD &; psychology; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (ZzF), 2017, Vol 29, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
1437-2940
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3224/zff.v29i2.01