dc.contributor.author | Frewin, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Tuffin, Keith | |
dc.contributor.author | Rouch, Gareth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:18:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:18:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.date.modified | 2010-02-08T06:51:32Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0112109X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/28654 | |
dc.description.abstract | Adolescent fatherhood is often associated with negative stereotyping and deficiencies in the adolescent's situation or characteristics, which effect his investment in child rearing. Developmentally, adolescence is a time when parenthood is not conventional practice nor a well-accepted norm. Understanding how adolescent fathers make sense of transitioning to parenthood allows us to re-think our public representations of young fatherhood. This article seeks to examine the ways that adolescent fathers reconstruct their identity in the midst of becoming a parent. Social constructionism offers a critical approach to the consideration of this transition process. A discursive analysis, based on interview transcripts, looks at the talk of adolescent fathers, and suggests they have a significant investment in their changing identity. Through their language, they actively engage in a process of change that illustrates management of new responsibilities, which arguably develops an attitude of mastery in their lives, instead of ineffectiveness as suggested by stereotyping. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | NZ Psychological Association | |
dc.publisher.place | NZ | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.psychology.org.nz | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 161 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 167 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | New Zealand Journal of Psychology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 36 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Gender Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Cognitive Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 170105 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1701 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1702 | |
dc.title | Managing Identity: Adolescent Fathers Talk about the Transition to Parenthood | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2007 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Frewin, Karen | |