Father-daughter relationships : contemporary research and issues /

Father-daughter relationships : contemporary research and issues /

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Author / Creator:Nielsen, Linda.
Imprint:New York ; London : Routledge Academic, c2012.
Description:xv, 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Textbooks in family studies series
Textbooks in family studies series.
Subject:
Fathers and daughters.
Communication in families.
Parent and child.
Communication.
Communication.
Communication in families.
Fathers and daughters.
Parent and child.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8689853
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ISBN:9781848729339 (hbk)
1848729332 (hbk)
9781848729346 (pbk)
1848729340 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The first research-based text that focuses on the impact of the father-daughter relationship, this provocative book examines the factors that can strengthen or weaken these relationships and the impact that these relationships have on society. The research is brought to life with compelling personal stories from fathers and daughters, including well-known celebrities and politicians. Controversial questions engage the reader and film lists and website resources demonstrate the relevance of the research. Boxed quizzes and questionnaires show students how the research can be applied to their own lives while others highlight the relationships between actual fathers and daughters. Bold faced terms, a conclusion, and review questions keep readers focused on the key concepts. How these relationships are often ignored or denigrated in the media and in some mental health and legal systems is examined. The hope is that readers will apply the research to their own families and/or work. The book addresses: What is 'good' fathering?; How do daughters influence their fathers' well-being?; How do fathers affect their daughters' social, academic, athletic, and psychological development?; How are problems such as depression, eating disorders, and teenage pregnancy related to the quality of these relationships?; How are father-daughter relationships in ethnic and racial groups unique?; How do incarceration, abuse, gay or lesbian relationships, military service, immigration, and poverty affect father-daughter relationships?. The book opens with the importance of the father's role on daughters and the changing patterns of these roles. Chapter 2 examines the myths and misconceptions of father-daughter relationships including how they are portrayed in the media and the differences between parenting styles. Chapter 3 explores the behaviors that constitute 'good' fathering. Scales used to measure 'good' fathering are included. How fathers affect their daughters' social, academic, intellectual, athletic, and psychological development is then considered. Factors that can weaken father-daughter relationships, such as divorce, including various theoretical perspectives, are explored in chapters 5 and 6. Father-daughter relationships of racial or ethnic minorities and an array of potentially destructive situations that affect these relationships are the focus of chapters 7 and 8. The impact of fathers who are incarcerated, abusive, alcoholics, gay, or sperm donors are considered. The book concludes with suggestions on where we go from here. Intended as a supplemental text for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses on father-daughter relationships and/or parenting taught in human development, family studies, psychology, sociology, counseling, social work, and women's studies, this practical book also appeals to mental health practitioners, social workers, legal professionals, and school counselors interested in these relationships."--Publisher's website.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Overview
  • Slippery slopes
  • Fathers, facts, and fictions. Why myths matter: misperceiving and stereotyping
  • Negative portrayals of fathers
  • Myths and misconceptions
  • Fathers' and mothers' stress levels
  • Physically abusive husbands
  • Fathering and fatherhood. Are fathers necessary?
  • Ignoring fathers in research and practice
  • Fathering: defining and redefining the role
  • Paternity leave policies
  • Women's work preferences
  • What is good fathering?
  • Daughters' positive impact on fathers
  • Daughters' negative impact on fathers
  • How and why fathers matter. Cognitive development
  • Academic development
  • Vocational development
  • Identity and individuation
  • Psychoanalytic perspective on identity formation
  • Athletic development
  • Social development
  • Sexual behavior
  • Depression and anxiety disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • The mother's impact. Closeness and communication
  • Idealizing mothers
  • Psychoanalytic theories
  • Attachment theories
  • Neurobiological and evolutionary theory
  • Maternal gatekeeping
  • The co-parenting relationship
  • Marital happiness
  • Divorced fathers and their daughters. Whose boots do the walking?
  • Daughters at highest risk
  • Long-term impact of divorce
  • Time and relationship quality
  • The impact of too little fathering
  • Sons versus daughters
  • Single fathers raising daughters
  • Financial matters
  • Remarriage
  • The legal system
  • Fathers and daughters in racial and ethnic minorities. America's fragile families
  • Characteristics of unmarried fathers
  • Poverty and fathering
  • Myths about low-income fathers
  • African American fathers and daughters
  • Immigrant fathers and daughters
  • Hispanic American fathers and daughters
  • Asian American fathers and daughters
  • Biracial and multiracial daughters
  • Difficult and challenging relationship. Incarcerated fathers
  • Physically abusive fathers
  • Sexually abusive fathers
  • Alcoholic fathers
  • Gay fathers
  • Lesbian daughters
  • Daughters of sperm donors
  • Adoptive fathers
  • Stepfathers
  • Military fathers
  • Father's early death
  • Elderly fathers and their daughters.
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