A Qualitative Study of Homeless Fathers: Exploring Parenting and Gender Role Transitions

Autor/inn/en	Schindler, Holly S.; Coley, Rebekah L.
Titel	A Qualitative Study of Homeless Fathers: Exploring Parenting and Gender Role Transitions
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 56 (2007) 1, S.40-51 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00438.x
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Homeless People; Fathers; Child Rearing; Sex Role; Interviews; Intervention; Masculinity; Parent Role; Emergency Shelters; Context Effect; Poverty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Kindererziehung; Geschlechterrolle; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Männlichkeit; Parental role; Elternrolle; Notunterkunft; Armut
Abstract	The present qualitative research focuses on homeless fathers living with their children in family shelters. Data were collected through semistructured, face-to-face interviews with homeless fathers (n = 9) and shelter directors (n = 3). Findings suggest that how fathers made meaning of their experiences in a homeless shelter was related to contextual factors and constructions of masculinity. Contextual constraints deriving from unemployment, behavioral and psychological restrictions of shelters, and new parenting roles led men to reassess their parental and masculine role identities. Results further suggest that homeless shelters may provide a unique point for intervention services to assist poor fathers. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10