Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2011 Aug;25(4):521-30. doi: 10.1037/a0024511.
Military fathers endure repeated separations from their children. In this qualitative study we describe military fathers' range of involvement with their children, paying special attention to the implications of deployment separation and reintegration. We discuss father involvement using three overlapping major domains of functioning: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. Additionally, we consider how types of father involvement differ vis-à-vis child age. Data were gathered via focus groups conducted with 71 fathers at 14 U.S. military installations. Descriptions of involvement were rich and varied. Involvement with children was a major concern for fathers, despite or perhaps because of the challenges of military careers. We discuss factors that help explain variations in involvement and offer insights about the conceptualization of father involvement for occupations requiring prolonged absences from home.
军人父亲要承受与孩子反复分离之苦。在这项定性研究中，我们描述了军人父亲与孩子的广泛互动，特别关注部署分离和重新融入的影响。我们使用认知、情感和行为三个重叠的主要功能领域来讨论父亲的参与度。此外，我们还考虑了父亲参与度与孩子年龄的关系。数据是通过在 14 个美国军事基地与 71 位父亲进行焦点小组收集的。对参与度的描述丰富多样。尽管职业挑战重重，参与子女的养育仍是父亲们的主要关注点。我们讨论了有助于解释参与度差异的因素，并就需要长期离家的职业的父亲参与度概念提供了一些见解。
