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dc.contributor.authorFrewin, Karen
dc.contributor.authorTuffin, Keith
dc.contributor.authorRouch, Gareth
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:18:34Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:18:34Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2010-02-08T06:51:32Z
dc.identifier.issn0112109X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28654
dc.description.abstractAdolescent 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNZ Psychological Association
dc.publisher.placeNZ
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.psychology.org.nz
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom161
dc.relation.ispartofpageto167
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNew Zealand Journal of Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume36
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGender Psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170105
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1702
dc.titleManaging Identity: Adolescent Fathers Talk about the Transition to Parenthood
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFrewin, Karen


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