African American Single Full-time Fathers: How Are They Doing?

Using a symbolic interactionist approach, interviews of 10 Black single full-time fathers indicate that these fathers perceive parenting to have had positive results for themselves. Specifically, the employment and income of most of the men had remained stable or improved. While their dating lives h...

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Published inJournal of African American men Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 63 - 82
Main Author Coles, Roberta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Brunswick Transaction Periodicals Consortium 01.10.2001
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adolescents
African American Family
African Americans
Black white relations
Boys
Children
Employment
Fathers
Girls
Life Satisfaction
Men
Mothers
One Parent Family
Parent Child Relations
Parenthood
Parenting
Parents
Single fathers
Single Parent Family
Social dating
Social Relations
Sons
Symbolic Interactionism
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Wisconsin
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Summary:Using a symbolic interactionist approach, interviews of 10 Black single full-time fathers indicate that these fathers perceive parenting to have had positive results for themselves. Specifically, the employment and income of most of the men had remained stable or improved. While their dating lives had suffered the most, they had sustained social activities with friends and families at a high level. Moreover, their assessments of their parent-child relationships and their own life satisfaction was positive.
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ISSN:1081-1753
1559-1646
2168-7870
1936-4741
DOI:10.1007/s12111-001-1008-0