Father-Involvement in a Refugee Sample: Relations between Posttraumatic Stress and Caregiving
| Autor: | Van Ee, E., Sleijpen, M., Jongmans, M.J., Kleber, R.J., Education and Learning: Cognitive and Motor Disabilities, Trauma and Grief, Leerstoel Kleber, Afd Klinische psychologie, Afd Pedagogiek in diverse samenlevingen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Social Psychology Refugee Population Mothers Poison control Suicide prevention Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Fathers Young Adult Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Humans Father-Child Relations education Netherlands Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Refugees education.field_of_study Traumatic stress Infant Human factors and ergonomics Mother-Child Relations Play and Playthings Self Care Clinical Psychology Caregivers Child Preschool Female Asylum seeker Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Family Process, 52, 723. Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 0014-7370 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/famp.12045 |
| Popis: | Despite increased attention to the role of fathers within families, there is still a dearth of studies on the impact of trauma on father-involvement. This study investigates the quantity of father-involvement and the influence of posttraumatic stress on the quality of involvement in a refugee and asylum seeker population. Eighty refugees and asylum seekers and their young children (aged 18-42 months) were recruited. Measures included assessment of parental trauma (Harvard Trauma Questionnaire), quantity and quality of involvement (quantity of caregiving and Emotional Availability Scales), and perception of the father-child relationship (interview). The results show that fathers were less involved in caregiving tasks and play activities than mothers. No parental gender differences were found on each of the Emotional Availability Scales. Traumatic stress symptoms negatively affected the perception and the actual quality of parent-child interaction (sensitivity, structuring, nonhostility). Nevertheless, almost all fathers described their relationship with their child as good and their child as very important to them. As the quality of father-involvement is of importance to the development of the child, traumatized fathers are as much in need of clinical intervention as mothers. Despite the impact of posttraumatic stress, refugee fathers clearly are involved in the lives of their children. Mechanisms such as a deliberate withdrawal when stressed and compensation might enable affected fathers to step into the interaction when needed, raise the quality of involvement with their child, and diminish the negative impact of stress resulting from trauma and migration. Language: en |
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