2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Objective To understand how low-income men''s views of paternal
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responsibility shape their engagement with fatherhood program messages
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and services. Background Research on the situated contexts of fathering
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has found that the social and symbolic dimensions of fathering spaces
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influence how men construct and enact fatherhood scripts. Qualitative
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studies of fatherhood programs have mostly investigated parenting
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education and job assistance programs, revealing how fathering
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interventions allow disadvantaged men to shape positive paternal
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identities. Method In-depth interviews and focus groups were conducted
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with a nonrandom sample of 64 primarily Black and Latino low-income
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fathers who participated in a federally funded responsible fatherhood
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program. An inductive coding technique was used to identify reasons men
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enrolled, the alignment of program messages with fathers'' views, and how
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the program allowed fathers to negotiate obstacles to sustained
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involvement. Results Fathers overwhelmingly found the program valuable
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because it offered the social and economic means they needed to enact
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varied meanings of paternal responsibility-or ``being there.{''''} Most
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fathers reported that the program allowed them to realize their
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involvement goals, thereby enabling them to better align their paternal
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identities and behaviors. Conclusion Fatherhood programming that
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promotes a broader idea of paternal provision to include money and care
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aligns with how disadvantaged fathers tailor their understandings of
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paternal involvement to account for socioeconomic constraints, including
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poverty and racism. Implications Fatherhood interventions can influence
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disadvantaged men''s abilities to claim and enact responsible parent
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identities, but programs must address the importance of resources and
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opportunities, including and especially access to well-paid work, for
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shaping paternal involvement.'
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affiliation: 'Randles, J (Corresponding Author), Calif State Univ Fresno, Dept Sociol,
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5340 N Campus Dr,M-S SS97, Fresno, CA 93740 USA.
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Randles, Jennifer, Calif State Univ Fresno, Dept Sociol, 5340 N Campus Dr,M-S SS97,
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Fresno, CA 93740 USA.'
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author: Randles, Jennifer
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author-email: jrandles@csufresno.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Randles
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given: Jennifer
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1111/fare.12376
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earlyaccessdate: AUG 2019
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eissn: 1741-3729
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files: []
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issn: 0197-6664
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journal: FAMILY RELATIONS
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keywords: economic distress; family policy; fathers and fatherhood; qualitative
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keywords-plus: MEN
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '34'
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orcid-numbers: Randles, Jennifer/0000-0002-4845-5691
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pages: 7-20
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papis_id: 1f89ffb2e1cc1a80bfdf5ae35e4f9874
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ref: Randles2020meansmeaning
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times-cited: '13'
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title: The Means to and Meaning of ``Being There″ in Responsible Fatherhood Programming
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with Low-Income Fathers
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000479813100001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '69'
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web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Work
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year: '2020'
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