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KMID : 0614420090310010236
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Mental Health & Social Work
2009 Volume.31 No. 1 p.236 ~ p.260
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Key Factors to Increase Fathers` Involvement in Caregiving for Their Offspring with Severe Mental Illness
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Kim Ye-Rang
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Abstract
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The caregiving experiences of fathers of offspring with severe mental illness have not been explicitly explored in the previous research on mental health and caregiving. Little is known about what factors are related generally to active paternal involvement in caregiving role in the family that has a member with severe mental illness. The purpose of this study is on increasing our understanding of the fathers of offspring with severe mental illness. A sample of 104 fathers was purposively sampled from mental health organizations in Austin, Texas and national mental health conferences at San Antonio, Texas and Washington D. C. The primary aim of this study is to thoroughly review the recent and historical research literature in order to identify and test a number of key factors associated with active paternal involvement in caregiving. Using hierarchical multiple regression, the impact of individualist and microstructural factors on the outcome of paternal involvement in caregiving was examined and discussed. Important key factors in the prediction of paternal involvement in caregiving included, fathers’ feminine-oriented sex-role orientation, paternal adjustment, socio-economic status, marital satisfaction, and the male gender of offspring (with severe mental illness).
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KEYWORD
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father, caregiving, sex-role, mental illness, offspring
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