Browsing by Subject "Fathers"

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    Cuando los hijos viven con el padre… Estudio sociológico sobre las familias de padres custodios
    (2014) Avilés Hernández, Manuela; Pérez Pérez, Carmina
    El estudio que aquí se presenta, de carácter marcadamente sociológico, identifica y analiza en profundidad los cambios que las familias a cargo del padre, conocidas en la literatura especializada como familias monoparentales masculinas, experimentaron a finales del siglo XX en diversos países occidentales como Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Australia o Canadá. El objetivo fundamental del estudio es precisar hasta qué punto, nuestra realidad social y familiar se encuentra tras los pasos de dichos cambios. Igualmente, se identifican las características que presentan en la actualidad las estructuras monoparentales masculinas de España, a fin de señalar, posteriormente, cuáles son las similitudes y diferencias que presentan con respecto a las existentes en otros países
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    Sexuality and affectivity after a grieving process for an antenatal death: a qualitative study of fathers' experiences
    (SAGE Publications, 2023-02-27) Camacho Ávila, Marcos; Hernández Sánchez, Encarnación; Fernández Férez, Alba; Fernández Medina, Isabel María; Fernández Sola, Cayetano; Conesa Ferrer, María Belén; Ventura Miranda, María Isabel; Enfermería
    The loss of an infant at the prenatal stage is one of the most traumatic events parents can experience. Prenatal losses have several negative implications for parents’ physical, psychological, and social well-being, including intimacy and sexuality. Fathers who suffer from this experience have to cope not only with their grief, but also with the physical and emotional suffering of their partners. The social context gives the father a masculine role of strength, insensitivity, and protection of the mother, with the result that his pain and grief become invisible. The objective of this study is to understand fathers’ experience of affective-sexual relationships after a grieving process for an antenatal death; A qualitative study based on interviews with 11 fathers in Spain who have experienced an antenatal death was conducted. Data were analyzed with the help of ATLAS.ti software to discover emerging themes. 6 sub-themes were developed from the analysis, grouped into two main themes: the invisibility of grieving fathers and the relationships between the grieving parents are influenced by the death of their infants. The sexuality of fathers who suffer an antenatal death is altered. Gender stereotypes and the lack of social and professional awareness make their grief invisible. Fathers need to express their emotions to cope with their own grief and break the stereotypical gendered bereavement. In most cases, the couple’s relationship is altered, from a close union to a more distant relationship, in addition to a decrease in sexual desire and arousal. However, other fathers experienced greater closeness and intimacy in the couple. A communication based on sincerity, exposing their own grief, feelings, emotions and needs could help the couple’s relationship.