Fathers’ Parenting Attitudes During a Child’s First Year

Parenthood experiences during the child's first year: literature review

“…Critical review Many fathers want to increase the amount of time spent with their children. They derive a great deal of satisfaction from fathering, and feel that the father role is more salient than their work role Tiller (1995) Quant. 30 first-time fathers and 12 experienced fathers Questionnaire/statistics By the time the children were 1-year old, 58% of the fathers reported that they helped with childcare approximately as much as they did at 3 months, 37% reported that they helped more and 5% reported that they helped less Troy (1999) Quant.…”

“…Men experienced increasing self‐efficacy (Reece 1992, Tiller 1995, Anderson 1996, Pruett 1998, Reece & Harkless 1998, Barclay & Lupton 1999) and a health‐promoting lifestyle (Walker et al. 1998) as leading to greater confidence in parenting and parental identification as leading to physical well‐being (Blair & Hardesty 1994).…”

All-Male Discussion Forums for Expectant Fathers: Evaluation of a Model

“…Those researchers who have investigated the role of fathers in these programs have largely found the classes wanting. For example, measuring fathers' transition to parenting, Tiller (1995) found that, even though the majority of fathers attended an antenatal education course, they did not appear to be any better prepared for fatherhood. Similarly, in a series of interviews with expectant fathers, Donovan (1995) suggested that current antenatal classes in Australia failed to meet the needs of the male partner.…”

Rearing Behavior and Rearing Stress of Fathers with Children of Preschool and School Age

“…Also, together with instrumental role in the past, a more expressive aspect is expected from today's fathers (Tiller, 1995).…”