Turning points in the transition to parenthood: Variability of father involvement over time
- Autor(en)
- Eva-Maria Schmidt, Irene Rieder, Ulrike Zartler, Cornelia Schadler, Rudolf Richter
- Abstrakt
Although fathers' involvement in care work has increased, the transition to parenthood still implies a gendered division of labour. In order to gain more knowledge of this ambivalence, we focus on the variability of father involvement at this transition. Based on an Austrian qualitative longitudinal study with couples experiencing the transition to first-time parenthood, we examined how fathers' affective, cognitive and behavioural involvement varies across the transition process. Changes in fathers' involvement culminated at particular points in time, conceptualised as turning points. Results show that the transition to fatherhood is characterised by a variety of pre-pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal turning points at which father involvement undergoes crucial transformations. Father involvement varies not only between fathers, but also within individual transitions. The study indicates that turning points contribute to the dynamics and fluidity of the transition process.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Soziologie, Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
- Journal
- Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (ZfF)
- Band
- 29
- Seiten
- 139-155
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 17
- ISSN
- 1437-2940
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3224/zff.v29i2.01
- Publikationsdatum
- 09-2017
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 504014 Gender Studies, 504011 Familienforschung
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/be460581-2ba8-4cb6-83e8-8410ef5cbc39