‘Shutting the World Out’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Exploring the Paternal Experience of Parenting a Young Adult with a Developmental Disability

Thackeray, Lisa; Eatough, Virginia

doi:10.1111/jar.12313

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“…The ability to share interests with their children, or not, significantly influenced their fathering experience. One father specifically expressed his ‘grief’ at not being able to have a typical father–son relationship with his child, which agrees with previous research conducted on this subject (Thackeray and Eatough ), although the majority of fathers were able to find creative ways to spend time together. This suggests that the possibility of sharing interests might depend on individual child characteristics and capabilities, which corresponds with the ‘responsible fathering’ conceptual model (Doherty et al .…”

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confidence: 86%

“…All fathers reported their struggle with stigmatisation because of their children's disability, as indicated by other authors (Pelchat et al . ; Thackeray and Eatough ). Many challenges that families face are experienced in the interaction between the differences caused by disabilities and a society that is not accepting or accommodating (Fisher and Goodley ).…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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: 86%

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…The impact of a father's acceptance or rejection of children with special needs is felt through his close family and extended family and thus greatly affects the welfare of the child [21], [22] acceptance of a child with disabilities will certainly affect the child's survival.…”

Section: Father's Involvement In Parentingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Father’s Acceptance and Rejection of Children with Disabilities

Purba¹,

Simanjuntak²

2021

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2020)

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Having children is the most beautiful thing parents will feel everywhere. The dream of many parents is that a child is born with perfection, but what happens when the child that is awaited has limitations? children born with low intellectual abilities or often referred to as mentally retarded children. Gratitude for having a baby is finally accompanied by rejection. Regarding intellectual disabilities children as punishment for past sins. This exploratory study reports some in-depth evidence from the experience of fathers who can ultimately accept the presence of intellectual disabilities children in the family. We conducted in-depth interviews with five fathers who have children with intellectual disabilities. The aim is to describe their experience of fathering a child with special needs. Data were analysed using the Burnard approach, which has similarities with phenomenological and content analysis. Results and discussion show that acceptance of the father with a sincere heart helps the development of mentally retarded children. Initially, there was rejection, because they were ashamed of having a mentally retarded child that the mother took the role of parenting without the support of the father. The father takes the role of parenting after accepting the fact of having an intellectual disabilities child. We conclude that fathers who accept children with intellectual disabilities will share the focus on parenting but the focus is stronger on children with disabilities than other children. Fathers who do not accept their children born with intellectual disabilities will harbour latent anger towards children with disabilities so that the care becomes the mother's own without the father's participation in parenting.

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“…In the literature, studies focusing on the positive experiences of fathers of children with ASD are also available (Kayfitz et al, 2010; Potter, 2016; Thackeray and Eatough, 2016). In his quantitative study with 198 fathers of children with ASD, Potter (2016) stated that acknowledging the strengths and personal characteristics of the children, and establishing loving and rewarding relationships with them created satisfaction in fatherhood roles.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey

Akoğlu,

Cankurtaran

2023

International Social Work

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This study aims to reveal the paternal perception and experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the context of hegemonic masculinity and gender. The research design is based on a phenomenological approach with a qualitative research pattern; thus, the participants, comprising 18 fathers of children with ASD, were reached through the purposive sampling method. Analysis results pointed to the following themes: ‘Fathers’ feelings on the basis of masculinity’, ‘Imagined–actual fatherhood’, and ‘Work–family–life balance’. The findings indicated that fathers of children with ASD had their fatherhood patterns changed toward nurturant fatherhood. Being an educated and professional member of the middle class, being dual-earner parents, and having a child with autism are effective in this transformation. Suggestions are made as to social policy and feminist social work practices for the development of nurturant fatherhood and egalitarian gender relations.

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‘Shutting the World Out’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Exploring the Paternal Experience of Parenting a Young Adult with a Developmental Disability

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 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’

Father’s Acceptance and Rejection of Children with Disabilities

Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey

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