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"Poppa" Psychology The Role of Fathers in Children's Mental Well-Being
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Vicky Phares
Book Code: C6367
ISBN: 0-275-96367-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96367-5
168 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/1999
List Price: $72.95 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Phares offers a careful description of how fathers and children influence one another, how fathering varies under diverse cultural and socioeconomic contexts, and how positive changes in relationships can be brought about therapeutically....Useful for academic collections supporting courses in psychology at all levels.
    —Social & Behavioral Studies
  • The focus in this thoughtful, sensible, and useful reviews is on the centrality of the father's influence on his childern....Multiethnic parenting issues (visitation rights, monetary support, teen preganancy, and gay and lesbian parenting) are considered, and readers are encouraged to make critical assessments about paternal influences rather than succumb to common "mother blaming."
    —Readings
  • It will convince anyone with family problems to seek professional help, and it provides practical information to help everyone get started.... [T]he boo will be of interest to: parents seeking clinically oriented parenting advice, readers seeking to understand their impact on their children, and clinicians who have neglected to consider fathers in etiology and treatment.
    —Journal of Marriage and the Family
Description: Many people seem to be searching for answers to help explain their past, understand their current way of being, and create a happier, more satisfying future. It is the current trend to blame mothers for such emotional problems. "Poppa" Psychology calls into question this habit of blaming mothers, and focuses, instead, on the father-child relationship. Regardless of whether the father is present or absent, his actions will have a direct influence on the child's development. Fathers have received a great deal of media attention lately, but the main focus has been on their absence. "Poppa" Psychology deals with the psychological ramifications of the father-child relationship, regardless of whether the fathers are present or absent. Specifically, it highlights factors that are related to maladjustment in children and provides suggestions for raising psychologically healthy children.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Fathers in Present-Day Families
  • When Things Go Right: Fathers and Normal Childhood Development
  • When Problems Develop in Children: Why Not Just Blame the Mother?
  • When Problems Develop in Children: What Are the Characteristics of Their Fathers?
  • When Fathers Have Problems: What Are the Characteristics of Their Children?
  • What to Do When There Are Mental Health Problems in Fathers or Children
  • Encouraging Mental Health in Families of the Future
  • Appendix
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-33614
LCC Class: BF723
Dewey Class: 155
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