Fathering Occupations: An Analysis of Narrative Accounts of Fathering Children with Special Needs

Bonsall, Aaron

doi:10.1080/14427591.2012.760423

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“…The fathers considered ensuring the well‐being of their children with disabilities to be their responsibility. Furthermore, spending time together was a priority for all fathers in this study, which is in line with findings by Bonsall (). The ability to share interests with their children, or not, significantly influenced their fathering experience.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…(). Some fathers expressed the enrichment of their lives, which concurs with a previous study by Bonsall (). Subcategories of this category included appreciation of the little things , transformation of expectations , living in the moment and maintaining a positive attitude .…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…However, over the last 50 years, father involvement has changed because of a changed view in society on fatherhood. Since the 1970s, fathers have become more engaged in family life (Boström and Broberg ); besides breadwinning (Tseng and Verklan ), fathers now also engage in caregiving activities (Dermott and Miller ; Schmidt ) and household work (Bonsall ). Furthermore, they spend more time with their children (Shandra et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Over the last decades, research on the experiences of fathers of children with disabilities has increased. Many of these studies were directed at the burdens and negative aspects related to the diagnosis of a child's disability (Bonsall ; Hornby ; Horsley and Oliver ), such as parental stress (Darling et al . ; Saloviita et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

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The experiences of Dutch fathers on fathering children with disabilities: ‘Hey, that is a father and his daughter, that is it’

Schippers

Berkelaar

Bakker

et al. 2020

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background Due to a predominant focus on mothers, fathers of children with disabilities are greatly overlooked in research. One could argue that there is a lack of research on the multifaceted nature of fatherhood altogether. Therefore, this study aims to gain insight into the perceived experiences of fathers of children with disabilities. Methods These perceptions were studied by analysing data generated through semi‐structured interviews, which were conducted with 12 Dutch fathers of children or young adults with disabilities. Results Categories found during our data analysis were similar to those illustrated in the ‘conceptual framework on responsible fathering’ by including role identification, commitment, employment characteristics, cultural expectations and social support. Conclusions Overall, the fathers in this study reported similar experiences, but this study identified new life perspective as an additional category, which might be specific for fathers of children with disabilities. This new life perspective included a positive attitude, living in the moment, appreciation of the little things and transformation of expectations. Some fathers expressed that their child(ren) has enriched their lives, which positively influenced their fathering experience.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The experiences of Dutch fathers on fathering children with disabilities: ‘Hey, that is a father and his daughter, that is it’

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Bakker

et al. 2020

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“…Disruption of the patterns and rhythm of everyday life by chronic fatigue syndrome is illuminated using a social constructivist approach (Pemberton & Cox, 2014). Transactional perspectives of occupation come in with Bonsall's (2014) study of fathering children with disabilities and Poskey, PizurBarnekow and Hersch's (2014) account of parental responses to crying infants. Rounding out the issue, Reed and Rawlings (2014) present George Mitchell, an artist whose creative occupations were interrupted by injury.…”

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Parents as a Team: Mother, Father, a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and a Spinning Toy

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McDonald²,

Stickle

2015

J Autism Dev Disord

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This paper is a single case study involving a visit to a diagnostic clinic for autism spectrum disorder. A young boy finds a toy that he can hold with one hand and spin with another. In order to retrieve the toy and leave it in the clinic, the parents engage in a team effort. We describe this achievement in terms of two styles of practice or interactional routines with differing participation frameworks.We examine not only how the parents work as a team using these styles, but also how they improvise to extract the spinning toy from their son’s grasp with minimal protest on his part.

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Fathering Occupations: An Analysis of Narrative Accounts of Fathering Children with Special Needs

Cited by 22 publications

References 45 publications

The experiences of Dutch fathers on fathering children with disabilities: ‘Hey, that is a father and his daughter, that is it’

The experiences of Dutch fathers on fathering children with disabilities: ‘Hey, that is a father and his daughter, that is it’

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Parents as a Team: Mother, Father, a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and a Spinning Toy

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