Intensive Fathering: A Qualitative Study on Fathers’ Perspectives
Published online on June 08, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Family Issues, Ahead of Print.
Intensive parenting has become a dominant cultural framework shaping expectations of good parenting, yet research has largely centered on mothers. Guided by symbolic interactionism and identity theory, we explored fathers’ meaning-making within intensive ...
Intensive parenting has become a dominant cultural framework shaping expectations of good parenting, yet research has largely centered on mothers. Guided by symbolic interactionism and identity theory, we explored fathers’ meaning-making within intensive ...