Quality of non-resident father-child relationships: between "caring for" and "caring about"

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Anglų kalba / English
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Quality of non-resident father-child relationships: between "caring for" and "caring about"
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In the Book:
Divorce in Europe: new insights in trends, causes and consequences of relation break-ups / editor Dimitri Mortelmans. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. P. 291-311
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Socialinis ugdymas / Social education; Vaikai / Children.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Negyvenantys tėvo ir vaiko santykiai; Skyrium gyvenančio tėvo ir vaiko santykiai; Skyrybos; Tėvo socialiniai ir ekonominiai ištekliai; Tėvystė; Tėvų ištekliai; Divorce; Fathering; Fathers resources; Fathers socio-economic resources; Lithuania; Non-resident father-child relationships.

ENUsing the cross-sectional Fathering after Union Dissolution in Lithuania survey data (2016), this chapter analyzes the quality of non-resident father-child relationships after a parental union dissolution. We assess the relationship quality perceived by fathers and focus on both positive elements such as intimacy and approval and negative ones such as conflict and child’s dominance in relationships. The influence of fathers’ resources such as their personal well-being, socio-economic resources, parenting practices and a family situation on relationship quality is also examined in the chapter. Following Smart (J Law Soc 18(4):485–500, 1991) we use the concepts of “caring for” and “caring about” specifically developed to describe the post-divorce father-child relationship quality. We make the hypotheses that fathers’ higher personal, socio-economic resources and involved parenting practices contribute positively to the “caring for” type of relationship, while limited resources contribute to the “caring about” type of relationships. Our findings demonstrate that the father-child relationship quality is associated with personal and parenting resources, while the effect of men’s socio-economic resources is not relevant if child-related characteristics are controlled. We also find the positive association between fathers’ re-partnering and new children and the quality of the relationships (less conflict and more paternal authority) with non-resident children. [From the publication]

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10.1007/978-3-030-25838-2_14
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9783030258375
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2020-12-17 20:24:33
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