Negotiating African American Adolescent Fatherhood

谈判非裔美国青少年父亲身份

• 批准号: 6731123
• 负责人: CONSTANCE Miles DALLAS
• 金额: $ 42.51万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6731123
• 关键词: African American; adolescence (12-20); age at pregnancy; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; family structure /dynamics; human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; low socioeconomic status; marriage /marital status; parents; socioenvironment

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The incidence of unmarried adolescent fatherhood among low-income African Americans is twice that of other ethnic groups. These young fathers face many barriers to the positive and consistent paternal involvement that fosters child well being. This qualitative comparative case study will describe the influence of the paternal-maternal kinship system (the adolescent father, his parents, the adolescent mother, and her parents) on unmarried, low-income, African American adolescent fatherhood over time. The kinscripts conceptual framework (Burton and Stack, 1993), a culturally sensitive conceptualization of minority families, identifies three conceptual domains that guide this study: kin-work, the work needed to ensure the survival of the baby; kin-time, shared understandings about the appropriate sequence of role transitions into parenthood and grandparenthood; and kin-scription, the process of socializing kinship system members to kin-work. Existing cross-sectional research suggests that adolescent father involvement declines substantially between 12-24 months. Thirty paternal-maternal kinship systems experiencing adolescent fatherhood will be interviewed in late pregnancy and at 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after birth. Analysis will describe: 1) the expectations in kin-time and kin-work of adolescent fathers, specifically who needs to do what tasks; 2) the kin-scription mechanisms used by the paternal-maternal kinship system members and health care professionals that facilitate or inhibit implementation of these expected roles; 3) the actual kinwork of the adolescent fathers, specifically the implementation of the adolescent father roles; and 4) the degree of satisfaction with the adolescent fathers' actual kin-work. We will develop a rich description of each kinship system in its socioenvironmental context. We then identify major themes across kinship systems and a beginning typology of the negotiation of adolescent fatherhood over time. This resubmission is strengthened by a small pilot that documents the appropriateness of the conceptual model to guide analysis and the feasibility of the proposed procedures. Other reviewer suggestions are also incorporated. Findings will be used to develop culturally and developmentally appropriate clinical assessments, teaching strategies, and to influence public policies to enhance paternal involvement for African American adolescent fathers and their families.

描述（由申请人提供）：低收入非洲裔美国人的未婚青少年父亲发生率是其他种族的两倍。这些年轻的父亲在积极和持续的父亲参与促进孩子的健康方面面临许多障碍。这个定性比较案例研究将描述双亲亲属关系系统（青春期的父亲、他的父母、青春期的母亲和她的父母）对未婚、低收入、非裔美国青少年父亲的影响。亲属脚本概念框架（Burton和Stack， 1993）是少数民族家庭的文化敏感概念，确定了指导本研究的三个概念领域：亲属工作，确保婴儿生存所需的工作；亲属时期，对角色转变为父母和祖父母的适当顺序的共同理解；亲属制是指将亲属系统成员社会化到亲属工作中的过程。现有的横断面研究表明，在12-24个月之间，青春期父亲的参与程度大幅下降。将在怀孕后期和出生后1、6、12、18和24个月对30个经历青少年父亲身份的父母性亲属系统进行访谈。分析将描述：1)青春期父亲对亲属时间和亲属工作的期望，特别是谁需要做什么任务；父系-母系亲属系统成员和卫生保健专业人员使用的促进或抑制这些预期角色实施的亲属分配机制；3)青少年父亲的实际关系网，具体为青少年父亲角色的实施；4)青少年父亲对实际亲属工作的满意度。我们将在其社会环境背景下对每个亲属制度进行丰富的描述。然后，我们确定了跨亲属系统的主要主题，并随着时间的推移开始了青少年父亲身份谈判的类型学。这一重新提交得到了一个小型试点项目的加强，该项目证明了指导分析的概念模型的适当性和拟议程序的可行性。其他审稿人的建议也被纳入。研究结果将用于制定适合文化和发展的临床评估、教学策略，并影响公共政策，以加强非裔美国青少年父亲及其家庭的父亲参与。