Being There in Spirit, Fire, and Mind: Expressive Roles Among Nonresidential African American Fathers

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Being There in Spirit, Fire, and Mind: Expressive Roles Among Nonresidential African American Fathers

Hammond, Wizdom Powell - Personal Name; Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard - Personal Name; Brooks, Cassandra - Personal Name;

Objective: This exploratory qualitative study examined factors contributing to expressive father role negotiation, salience, and commitment in a sample of nonresidential African American fathers (n = 18). Method: Two focus groups were conducted between 2000 and 2001 in a Midwestern city to understand factors that strengthen and diminish bonds between nonresidential African American fathers and their sons. Results: Results indicate that nonresidential fathers deepened their expressive role commitment by reflecting on socioemotional voids in their paternal relationships and negotiating role strains produced as they weighed giving time versus giving money. Conclusions: Findings support the need to foster expressive role commitment among nonresidential African American fathers as a strategy for enhancing child involvement. Social work research, interventions, and practice implications are discussed.

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Series Title: Research on Social Work Practice
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Publisher: Thousand Oak : sage publisher., 2011
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 10497315
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Edition: Vol. 21 no. 3, May 2011.pp. 308-318
Subject(s): Identity
African American
Nonresidential
Noncustodial
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