The Non-Resident Parental Role for Separated Fathers: A Review |
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Authors: | Wilson Graeme B. |
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Affiliation: | * Newcastle Centre for Family Studies, University of Newcastle University, 18 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Tel. 0191 222 7646, Fax 0191 222 7871, email: g.b.wilson{at}ncl.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | Ideas about the role of fathers in the separated family havechanged over the last few decades. The prevalent legal constructof co-parenting implies that children should beable to maintain contact with a non-resident parent, usuallythe father, if they wish, except in cases where there has beenabuse or violence. Research in several disciplines has soughtto explain the processes of contact by examining the behaviourof separated fathers, their relationships within the family,and the separated family as a whole. Quantitative studies haveexplored levels of involvement, the fatherchild relationshipand the inter-parental relationship as factors affecting childrensoutcomes, while an expanding body of qualitative work has soughtto map the practice of co-parenting through identifying thediversity of separated parenthood and the perspectives of non-residentfathers in particular. The contributions of these diverse approachesto current debates on non-resident fathers are reviewed in thisarticle. |
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