Fathers of young children with disabilities: How do they want to be involved?

Hadadian, Azar; Merbler, John B.

doi:10.1007/bf02128602

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“…Fathers want to be involved in parent education activities and welcome more information about their child's disability (Haddadian & Merbler, 1995). Fathers in this study also described themselves as wanting to provide the best that they can in terms of health care or education.…”

Section: Involving Fathers In Educational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 84%

Fathering a Child with a Disability in India: A Perspective from Mumbai

Navalkar¹

2010

Childhood Education

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Section: Involving Fathers In Educational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 84%

Fathering a Child with a Disability in India: A Perspective from Mumbai

Navalkar¹

2010

Childhood Education

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“…Many fathers want greater involvement with their children with special needs (e.g. Hadadian & Merbler 1995), but they may feel like outsiders, even when included in intervention efforts (Lillie 1993; May 1996). Further, as fathers appear to derive increased well‐being from greater satisfaction with available social support rather than with greater quantities of support (Hornby 1995), efforts to improve the quality of existing sources of instrumental support are warranted.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The contribution of marital quality to the well‐being of parents of children with developmental disabilities

Kersh

Hedvat

Hauser‐Cram

et al. 2006

J intellect Disabil Res

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“…In fact, previous research has suggested that father involvement with disabled children tends to be lower than father involvement with matched healthy children (Bristol, Gallagher, & Schopler, 1988). Furthermore, Hadadian and Merbler (1995) found that while in practice fathers spent little time with their disabled children, they expressed interest in spending more time with the children and being more involved in their emotional and physical care. FD, although not classified as a disability or illness, is considered as a mental disorder.…”

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Father–child and mother–child interaction in families with a child feeding disorder: The role of paternal involvement

Atzaba‐Poria

Meiri

Millikovsky

et al. 2010

Infant Mental Health Journal

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To date, research about feeding disorder (FD) has focused almost exclusively on the mother-child dyad, ignoring fathers' roles. The current study investigated father-child interactions with children having FD. The sample consisted of 67 children (1-3 years old) and their mothers and fathers. Thirty-four children, diagnosed with a nonorganic-based FD (FD group) and 33 children without an FD (control group) were matched for age, gender, birth order, and maternal education. Data were collected during home visits. Mothers were interviewed about their and the father's involvement in childcare. In addition, mother-child and father-child interactions were videotaped during play and feeding. Both mothers and fathers from the FD group experienced less positive parent-child interactions than did parents in the control group. Furthermore, mothers in the FD group reported greater maternal versus paternal childcare involvement than did control group mothers. Finally, FD group mothers exhibited more parental sensitivity than did fathers during feeing interactions; however, this difference was observed only when coupled with low paternal involvement. In families where fathers were highly involved, no difference was evident in paternal and maternal sensitivity. These findings highlight the importance of fathers' involvement, especially in families with children exhibiting an FD.

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Fathers of young children with disabilities: How do they want to be involved?

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Fathering a Child with a Disability in India: A Perspective from Mumbai

Fathering a Child with a Disability in India: A Perspective from Mumbai

The contribution of marital quality to the well‐being of parents of children with developmental disabilities

Father–child and mother–child interaction in families with a child feeding disorder: The role of paternal involvement

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