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Fathers’ Reflections of their Fathers: The Use of Text Mining to Find Meaning in Narratives

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There is a growing research literature examining the father-child relationship. Most of these studies have focused on how fathers influence the lives of their children. However, little research has examined how becoming a father might have a positive impact on men. The book chapter will explore how men perceive becoming a father has affected their lives. More importantly, this chapter will explore how children influence fathers in low-income communities. The chapter introduces text mining as an approach to the study of father narratives in the context of intergenerational fathering. The results of this study will shed light on this life-changing event from the stories of men and their experiences.

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  1. The JMSW Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro & NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Jeffrey Shears

  2. Statistics and Analytics Consulting Center, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Seongtae Kim

  3. Department of Social Work, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA

    Joshua Kirven

  4. Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Tanya Coakley

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  1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Hiram E. Fitzgerald

  2. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

    Kai von Klitzing

  3. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Natasha J. Cabrera

  4. Graduate Program in Educational Psychology, Centro Universitário FIEO, Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil

    Júlia Scarano de Mendonça

  5. Division of Mental Health, Akershus University Hospital HF, Lørenskog, Norway

    Thomas Skjøthaug

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Shears, J., Kim, S., Kirven, J., Coakley, T. (2020). Fathers’ Reflections of their Fathers: The Use of Text Mining to Find Meaning in Narratives. In: Fitzgerald, H.E., von Klitzing, K., Cabrera, N.J., Scarano de Mendonça, J., Skjøthaug, T. (eds) Handbook of Fathers and Child Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51027-5_5

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