부자가족 아버지의 자녀 양육 자원에 대한 사례연구: 이혼한 남성을 중심으로

초록

This study was aimed at exploring the parenting experience of fathers in single parent families as well as comprehensively determining their parenting experiences and the various parenting resources and support systems that have emerged in the process. The subjects were five divorced fathers who had not remarried and had been raising their children on their own. This qualitative case study involved data collect through in-depth interviews. The inter-case analyses derived two topics, five categories, and 17 concepts related to the issues of interest. The results indicated, that, first, there was ʻʻpsychological confusion in the early stages of parentingʼʼ because of the sudden onset of this responsibility after divorce. Second, in the parenting experience, the fathers felt that ʻʻfamily survival was at stakeʼʼ. Third the support systems that the fathers had in raising single parent families were ʻʻsocial resourcesʼʼ made available through workplaces, acquaintances, institutions, and the government. Such systems also took the form of ʻʻfamily resourcesʼʼ including brothers and parents. An ʻʻinternal resourceʼʼ was the presence of children along with psychological sources of support, such as responsibility and the satisfaction experienced by the fathers through parenting. This study, uncovered the reality, resources, and support systems of fathers in single families. It is meaningful in that it will serve as a basis for supporting practical measures and educational interventions for fathers in single-parent households.

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