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Abstract
Social and cultural factors influence the experience of fatherhood. This descriptive focus-group study describes the lived experience of fatherhood from the perspectives of 5 unmarried, low-income, African American adolescent fathers in a Midwestern urban area. Naturalistic inquiry approach guided the study. Seven themes of fatherhood emerged: barriers to fatherhood, value of fatherhood, introduction to fatherhood, competencies of fatherhood, role-set relationships, social norms of fatherhood, and father-child contact. This study suggests that nurses should support the involvement of adolescent fathers with their children. Future study may determine the influence of adult female family members on the decisions of adolescent fathers to remain involved with their children.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Adolescents, Male; Age Factors; Americas; Attitude--men; Behavior; Blacks--men; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fathers; Low Income Population; North America; Northern America; Obstacles; Organization And Administration; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Research Report; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States; Unmarried Fathers; Urban Population; Youth
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9550932 DOI： 10.1177/019394599802000206
Source DB: PubMed Journal: West J Nurs Res ISSN： 0193-9459 Impact factor: 1.967