{"title":"First-time fathers' experiences during their transition to parenthood: A study of Korean fathers.","authors":"Nan Iee Noh","doi":"10.4094/chnr.2021.27.3.286","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was conducted to explore first-time fathers' experiences during their transition to parenthood in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from September 2019 to February 2020 through in-depth interviews that were conducted individually with 12 participants. First-time fathers with children under 2 months of age were recruited. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four theme clusters were identified: Preparing to become a father, challenges of becoming a father, motivation to foster familial bonds, and acknowledgement of fatherhood.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that Korean first-time fathers prepared to practice parenthood through prenatal education, <i>taegyo</i>, and feeling bonds with their new baby. They recognized their identity as fathers and experienced self-growth. These results would be beneficial for health professionals in developing perinatal care programs, and the results provide basic data for studies on fathers and families during the transition to parenthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":37360,"journal":{"name":"Child Health Nursing Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d3/b4/chnr-27-3-286.PMC8650859.pdf","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Child Health Nursing Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2021.27.3.286","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/7/30 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to explore first-time fathers' experiences during their transition to parenthood in South Korea.
Methods: Data were collected from September 2019 to February 2020 through in-depth interviews that were conducted individually with 12 participants. First-time fathers with children under 2 months of age were recruited. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method.
Results: Four theme clusters were identified: Preparing to become a father, challenges of becoming a father, motivation to foster familial bonds, and acknowledgement of fatherhood.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that Korean first-time fathers prepared to practice parenthood through prenatal education, taegyo, and feeling bonds with their new baby. They recognized their identity as fathers and experienced self-growth. These results would be beneficial for health professionals in developing perinatal care programs, and the results provide basic data for studies on fathers and families during the transition to parenthood.