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Group‐based transmission of fatherhood among intergenerational African American fathers: A case study
Author(s) -
Gamboa Charlene J.,
Julion Wrenetha A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12227
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , transmission (telecommunications) , computer science , telecommunications
Problem Nonresidential fatherhood contributes to the fact that over 70% of African American (AA) children grow up in homes without their biological fathers. In the absence of gender‐specific parental guidance, AA young men who become fathers may lack paternal‐parenting preparation. Methods This secondary data analysis describes the verbal exchange of fatherhood perspectives among four experienced fathers and one adolescent father who participated in a pilot of group‐based fatherhood intervention. Qualitative descriptive case study methodology guided by Social Learning Theory was used to explore the transmission of fathering perspectives between fathers. Findings Qualitative thematic analysis affirmed that adverse emotional and psychological distress may be avoided with positive parenting preparedness. Culturally‐specific group‐based bidirectional learning can transmit fatherhood knowledge and skills to adolescent nonresidential fathers and this new perspective can contribute to adolescent wellbeing. Conclusions There is a need to investigate channels for AA adolescent boys, young men and fathers to engage in cultural‐congruent paternal modeling in the event that their biological father or other social father role models are absent from their lives.