Conceptual analysis of the implications of black fathers’ lifestyles and their involvement in their children’s early development.
- Title
- Conceptual analysis of the implications of black fathers’ lifestyles and their involvement in their children’s early development.
- Author(s)
- Okeke, C.I. See all items with this value
- Date
- 2022 See all items with this value
- Description
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A conceptual map of fathers’ lifestyles is adapted to provide an interconnected network of fathers’ lifestyles derived from social capital theory. The study explored fathers’ lifestyles and their impact on their children’s early development. The impact of lifestyle factors resulting from behaviour patterns like alcohol misuse, multiple partners, domestic violence, and absence from home among others, on South African fathers require extensive research to provide empirical evidence that may lead to meaningful interventions for affected fathers. The researcher’s university approved this study, and all ethical considerations were strictly adhered to. This was an exploratory multiple case study of 25 Black fathers who were purposively selected from a suburb in one rural Eastern Cape municipality in South Africa. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to obtain data, which was analysed thematically. Findings identified and provided evidence of father lifestyles that are
incongruent with the kind of parental behaviour needed to support the healthy early development of children. Findings suggest that these negative lifestyles appear to incapacitate fathers, who fail to make a positive contribution to their children’s early development. To ensure that fathers make the expected contributions to their children’s early development, policies aiming to rehabilitate fathers who are involved in negative lifestyles should be put in place, while strategies to check proper implementation established. - Publisher
- Journal of Educational Studies See all items with this value
- Keywords
- Childhood Development, Fathering, Fathers, Intervention strategies, Lifestyles, South Africa See all items with this value
- volume
- 21
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 71-88
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- Journal Articles
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