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  • Meeting the challenge of new fatherhood during the early weeks

    Author(s)
    St John, Winsome
    Cameron, Catherine
    McVeigh, Carol
    Griffith University Author(s)
    St John, Winsome
    Cameron, Catherine C.
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    Objective: To explore new/subsequent Australian fathers' perspectives on the experiences, processes, and life changes in the early weeks of fatherhood. Design: Interpretive study using in-depth interviews and grounded theory analysis techniques, based on a symbolic interactionist framework. Setting: Participants were recruited from the postnatal wards of a major public hospital, early discharge program, and early childhood centers in southeast Queensland, Australia. Participants: Eighteen first-time/subsequent fathers interviewed 6 to 12 weeks after the birth. Results: Although rewarding, fathers found new or ...
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    Objective: To explore new/subsequent Australian fathers' perspectives on the experiences, processes, and life changes in the early weeks of fatherhood. Design: Interpretive study using in-depth interviews and grounded theory analysis techniques, based on a symbolic interactionist framework. Setting: Participants were recruited from the postnatal wards of a major public hospital, early discharge program, and early childhood centers in southeast Queensland, Australia. Participants: Eighteen first-time/subsequent fathers interviewed 6 to 12 weeks after the birth. Results: Although rewarding, fathers found new or expanding fatherhood to be a significant challenge and time of change. Major themes included making a commitment, taking responsibility, negotiating responsibilities, developing and maintaining relationships, maintaining family integrity, balancing activities, and perceiving the self as father. Work had a major impact on fathers' ability to participate with their family and newborn. To manage, fathers sought to balance the demands of work and home, deal with stressors, manage their time, develop routines, and reprioritize. Fathers developed a sense of themselves as fathers over time, building confidence and deriving satisfaction from their fathering role. Conclusions: A range of competing factors affected fathers' ability to participate in the home with their newborn in the early weeks after birth.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Neonatal Nursing
    Volume
    34
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(15)34259-3/fulltext
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0884217505274699
    Copyright Statement
    © 2005 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.
    Subject
    Nursing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/4753
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