"Shutting the World Out": An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Exploring the Paternal Experience of Parenting a Young Adult with a Developmental Disability

Autor/inn/en	Thackeray, Lisa A.; Eatough, Virginia
Titel	"Shutting the World Out": An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Exploring the Paternal Experience of Parenting a Young Adult with a Developmental Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31 (2018), S.179-190 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12313
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Developmental Disabilities; Young Adults; Experience; Semi Structured Interviews; Phenomenology; Well Being; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Opportunities; Emotional Response; Coping; Social Attitudes; Masculinity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Erfahrung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Möglichkeit; Emotionales Verhalten; Bewältigung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Männlichkeit
Abstract	Background: An in-depth exploration of the experience of midlife fathers of developmentally disabled young adults (aged 19-32 years) was motivated by a dearth of research in this area (McKnight, "PsyPAG Quarterly," 94, 2015, 10). Method: Five fathers participated in semi-structured interviews which were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith, Flowers and Larkin, 2009, "Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method, and Research." London: Sage). Results: The final thematic structure comprises four inter-related themes. They demonstrate a high degree of concern for children's well-being; the joy adult children confers on their father's lives as well as the difficulties men experience in response to the limited opportunities available to their offspring. Importantly findings also illustrate the way in which men struggle to contend with painful emotions. Conclusions: Societal conceptions of masculinity, fatherhood and disability necessarily influence the way fathers experience the world (Yarwood, "Fathering," 9, 2011, 150). It is imperative that service providers recognize the particular challenges faced by fathers, seeking ways to better engage and support them. (As Provided).
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