A Role Theory Perspective on Patterns of Separated and Divorced African-American Nonresidential Father Involvement with Children

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Leite ◽  
Patrick McKenry
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Nonresidential Father

scholarly journals Maternal Postpartum Role Collapse as a Theory of Postpartum Depression

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Amankwaa
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Role Stress ◽  
Maternal Role ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
American Women

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of a theory of maternal postpartum role collapse. The influences of traditional role theory and symbolic interactionism are presented. The development of the maternal postpartum role collapse theory emerged from the study of postpartum depression among African-American women (Amankwaa, 2000). Major components of the theory of postpartum maternal role collapse consist of role stress, role strain, and finally role collapse. A discussion of the extension of role theory to role collapse as it is related to the postpartum mother is offered as an explanation of postpartum depression.

Nonresidential Father Involvement

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick C McKenry ◽  
Mary W. McKelvey ◽  
Diana Leigh ◽  
Linda Wark
Keyword(s):  
Father Involvement ◽  
Nonresidential Father

Stepfather Involvement and Adolescent Well-Being

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1191-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia S. Vogt Yuan ◽  
Hayley A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Maternal Involvement ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Nonresidential Father ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors explore how aspects of stepfather involvement are related to adolescent well-being and whether these relationships depend on maternal involvement, non-residential father involvement, or amount of time in the household. Results indicate that a close, nonconflictual stepfather-stepchild relationship improves adolescent well-being, but it is most beneficial when the adolescent also has a close, nonconflictual mother-child relationship. Engaging in shared activities with the stepfather decreases depression when the stepfather has been in the household for a longer period of time. The relationships between stepfather involvement and adolescent well-being are separate from nonresidential father involvement.

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