Open AccessA Qualitative Study on the Perception of Fatherhood
Author(s) -
Tanju Gürkan,
Azize Ummanel,
Nihan Koran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of educational sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1857-6036
DOI - 10.19044/ejes.v8no2a42
Subject(s) - perception , developmental psychology , psychology , context (archaeology) , qualitative research , social psychology , sociology , geography , social science , archaeology , neuroscience
The changing structure of the society and the increase in the number of working women has been influential on the relationship between the child and the parent. Today, the woman, who is responsible for the nutrition and care of the child according to the traditional point of view, can perform these duties not on her own but with her husband and the basic needs of the child can be provided by the parents together. Therefore, the role of fatherhood has changed and fathers have become more involved in meeting the basic needs of the child. This study aims to explore how men perceive fatherhood and how mothers perceive their husband’s fatherhood. 15 fathers and 15 mothers were included in the study. Mothers and fathers were interviewed to collect the data and the data were examined under the main categories of “Fatherhood self-assessment” and “Fatherhood role perception.” The results provide insight into how fathers parenting children between the ages of 3 and 6, how they perceive their fatherhood and how mothers perceive their husband’s fatherhood. Furthermore, results were obtained about how parents define fatherhood and which roles they associate fatherhood with. In conclusion it was found that fathers have a traditional perception on fatherhood, and the results were discussed in this context. As it is one of the first studies on fatherhood conducted in the TRNC, this study has importance and similar studies are suggested to carried out.