Where Qualitative Research Meets Demography: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Conceptions of Fatherhood in an Extremely Low Fertility Context  

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Lippe, Holger von der ; Fuhrer, Urs

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Qualitative Research vol. 4 no. 2 (Agu. 2004), page 201-226.
Topik: birth rate; demography; East Germany; fatherhood; fertility; men; qualitative psychology
Fulltext: 201QR4.2.pdf (168.12KB)

Isi artikel

Recent calls to include psychological theories of decisionmaking and intention-formation in research on family formation coincide with calls for improving research on male fertility and fatherhood. In this article we address these notions and present findings from in-depth interviews with 30-year-old childless men from Eastern Germany on their desire to become parents. The context for this research is the societal situation of contemporary Eastern Germany, where birth rates have faced a historical low - the lowest in more than 10 years. Our innovative analytical paradigm draws on the contemporary social cognitive theory of intention-formation. The focus lies on the examination of male attitudes, values, motives, interests, goals, action beliefs and self-concepts, and their connection with men's intentions for parenthood. We compare our results with explanations given by the Theory of Symbolic Self-Completion and the Theory of Reasoned Action. We argue for the need to bring together psychological and sociological theorizing in this field.

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