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Envisioning Fatherhood: A Social Psychological Perspective on Young Men without Kids *
Author(s) -
Marsiglio William,
Hutchinson Sally,
Cohan Mark
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00133.x
Subject(s) - grounded theory , vision , symbolic interactionism , perspective (graphical) , psychology , psychological intervention , developmental psychology , life course approach , social psychology , sociology , qualitative research , gender studies , social science , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , anthropology , computer science
Using in‐depth interviews and a purposive sample of 32 men ages 16–30 who have not yet fathered a child, our grounded theory study examined how men envision aspects of fatherhood. Informed by symbolic interactionist and life course perspectives, our interpretive data analyses yielded two interrelated substantive dimensions: fatherhood readiness and fathering visions . We introduce five interrelated theoretical themes to sharpen our understanding of these dimensions, and discuss how these dimensions and themes inform interventions aimed at heightening young men's procreative responsibility.