FATHER INVOLVEMENT IN ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT : Promoting the Father-Child Relations in Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9783639135374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 152 str.

Ercan Kocayoruk

Opis

The functions and roles of father have changed dramatically over recent years and across cultures, as the roles of woman evolve towards greater economic independence. These growing major changes offer the possibility of a new quality relationship between fathers and their adolescent children.Father involvement is essential to ensure healthy child development, cognitive, intellectual development, academic achievement and psychological adjustment in adolescence and a growing salient research has emphasized that father involvement may be related to a relationship with their children and effect of their role on adolescent development.With the potential influence in the early life ofadolescent, fathers who can maintain healthy andeffective communication with their children cansignificantly support their children in dealing withthe pressure of difficult aspects of growing up.The aim of this study helps father to establish good communication and relationship with their children so that help them to become aware of their children development and needs during adolescence.

O autorze

Ercan Kocayörük is assistant professor in the Department of
Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart
University, Turkey. His research focuses on the effects of family
and peer relations on adolescent development. He is also
experienced in counseling applications in the domains of
education and school settings.