Becoming Fathers: Initial Exploration of a Support Program for New Fathers

Emerging fathers experience a variety of stressors, including identity and role transitions, changes in their relationships, and challenges in developing caregiving skills. Increasing expectations for father involvement in childcare are emphasizing the importance of the father role, but social supports for new fathers remain scarce. Nineteen expectant and new fathers participated in a pilot 5-week group intervention aimed at improving stress coping and involvement attitudes using a combination of mindfulness practices and skill-building for parenting and partner communication. We administered surveys pre- and postintervention to assess efficacy in the areas of stress, depressive symptoms, father involvement attitudes, and mindfulness. Within-participant differences were compared across participants as well as examining individual reliable change. Results indicated initial reductions in stress and depressive symptoms and increases in the mindfulness constructs of nonjudgment and nonreactivity. No significant changes were found in father involvement attitudes. Perinatal intervention specific to fathers holds promise as an underexplored avenue for supporting families across the transition to parenthood.     

Modelling parenting styles,moral intelligence,academic self-efficacy and learning motivation among adolescents in grades 7–11

The current study investigated the associations between three maternal and paternal parenting styles, moral intelligence, academic self-efficacy and learning motivation in three serial mediation models. Omani adolescents enrolled in 7th to 11th grades (N = 296) responded to an online survey containing demographic items and scales measuring the variables noted above. Results of Path Analysis indicated that the three models had a good overall fit. In detail, the three paternal styles (authoritative, authoritarian and permissive) had direct associations with moral intelligence and indirect associations with learning motivation. However, only two maternal parenting styles (i.e., authoritative and authoritarian) correlated directly with learning motivation and these two styles did not associate with moral intelligence. All effects were in the hypothesized direction except the effect of authoritative maternal and paternal styles. Moral intelligence had a positive direct correlation with students’ academic self-efficacy and learning motivation. Moral intelligence also mediated the negative associations between three types of fathers’ parenting styles and students’ motivation. Academic self-efficacy had a positive association with students’ motivation. These findings provided useful insights about the various association between external factors (e.g., parenting styles), internal factors (i.e., moral intelligence and self-efficacy) and students’ motivation among adolescents in middle and high schools.     

Paternal support for child sexual abuse victims: A qualitative study

BackgroundThe current state of knowledge regarding the role of non-offending fathers in supporting their sexually abused children is very scarce.ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to further our understanding of fathers’ roles following disclosure of their children’s sexual abuse (SA) by evaluating fathers’ perceptions of the impact of disclosure on their involvement and support of their children.Participants and methodThis qualitative study relies on individual semi-structured interviews conducted with 17 fathers of allegedly abused children.ResultsInductive thematic analysis first highlighted that some reported a period of disengagement from the child during which they put into question their role and attitudes, followed by a period of re-involvement. This period of difficulties experienced by some fathers in regard to their involvement towards their children was due to either their own important psychological distress, their ambivalence towards their child or even because of feelings of uneasiness experienced during physical contact with them. Despite this, findings indicate the presence of thoughts and attitudes that suggest children are a source of concern for fathers. The four forms of abuse-specific support previously observed among mothers (believing the child, seeking out professional services, protecting him/her from the offender, supporting him/her emotionally) were also observed among fathers. In accordance with the activation theory, a form of support specific to fathers, namely, encouraging the child to open up to and explore the world outside the family, thereby, fostering the child’s self-esteem development, was observed and constitutes a relevant finding.ConclusionClinical and empirical implications are discussed.     

Resourcefulness: a protective factor buffer against the academic stress of school‐aged children

The objectives of this study were twofold: to examine the interaction of academic stress and student resourcefulness on subject grades and to identify the factors of parental support that contribute to student resourcefulness. The participants of this cross‐sectional study were 695 fifth and sixth graders from four major districts in Shanghai. Student resourcefulness was observed to moderate academic stress and subject grades. Moreover, perceived paternal emotional support and maternal informational support contributed significantly to student resourcefulness. The implications of this study for parent education are discussed.     

父亲缺位对幼儿创造力发展的影响

家庭环境是影响幼儿创造力发展的重要因素之一,父亲作为家庭教育的重要角色,对幼儿创造力的发展有至关重要的影响。文章分别阐述了父亲缺位和幼儿创造力的含义,提出父亲缺位对幼儿创造力各方面的影响,找出两者的内在联系,并提出了一些有针对性的、适宜的教育建议。     

从创作客体到创作主体——从中国文学发展史看女性社会地位的变化

随着社会的发展进步、文明程度的提高,女性在社会中的地位不断得到提高。从文学发展史这一角度来探析女性社会地位的变化,主要以下面三个阶段来说明女性如何由客体变为主体：（一）古代文学中,女性主要以创作客体的身份出现在文坛上;（二）现代文学中,女性逐渐作为创作主体出现在文坛上;（三）当代文学中,女性站在创作主体的地位上来描写女性自身。     

英雄使命与女神柔情的冲突--廪君神话与狄多神话的对比分析

中国古代廪君与盐水神女的神话同古希腊埃涅阿斯与迦太基女王狄多的神话具有相似的结构，并可提炼出共同的原型。即英雄使命与女神柔情相冲突，最后导致女神死亡。该原型是男性神格代替女性神格的表征，是父系社会对母系社会的替代这一历史过程在神话中的反映。     

唐代古文运动与山东士族的家学门风

中唐时期,随着山东士族的复兴,古文运动蓬勃发展。在骈文盛行的中古时期,山东士族有不废古文的优良传统。古文运动的精神实质与山东士族的家学门风相契合,同样具备宗经的传统、反佛的立场以及尚功用、重实际,反对浮华风气的特点。山东士族对古文的勃兴居功甚伟,参与并引领了古文运动。     

关于高老头形象的几点见解

章对高老头形象作如下解读：第一，高老头是为女儿奉献了一切的“父爱”的典型，第二，高老头是一个充满悲剧色彩的人物，是完全“值得人们同情的对象”，第三，作在高老头悲剧中谴责的主要对象是他的两个女婿，第四，高老头悲剧的直接意义在于揭露了王政复辟时期贵族和大资产阶级互相勾红，一面不择手段地攫取金钱，一面把中小资产一步步逼上绝路的残酷现实。     

父爱的独特写照——浅析西奥多·罗特克《爸爸的华尔兹》的情感魅力

超越文字表面的意义去挖掘新的解读,我们就会更多地体会《爸爸的华尔兹》这首回忆诗作中所描绘的家庭天伦欢乐场景,展现的和谐互爱形象,表现的粗放厚重父爱,抒发的深切怀念之情并进而享受诗作更多积极的情感魅力。