Father Involvement in Parenting Talented Autistic Adolescents

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10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.052How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Father Involvement; Parenting; Autism; Adolescent

Abstract

The role of fathers and mothers is very important in parenting talented autistic adolescents. The limited time of the father and his role as breadwinner in the family, has the potential to reduce this role. This study aims to see how the involvement of fathers in caring for talented autistic adolescents. Six mothers and two fathers were recruited as participants and interviewed online. Data were obtained and examined using thematic analysis. There were 5 themes, namely (1) Closeness father-adolescent relationships in carrying out daily activities, (2) Adolescent trust and obedience to father in dealing with new situations, (3) Assertiveness and consistency of father in controlling adolescent autism behaviour and (4) Self-disclosure of father in society for the future of adolescent, and (5) Exploration of adolescent’s talent. The result shows that fathers were involved in parenting talented autistic adolescents and were very important figures. This involvement presents all theoretical dimensions of father involvement which are control, process responsibility, warmth and responsiveness, positive engagement activities, and indirect care. Father involvement in all five dimensions is important.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Astri Anggraini Hapsara
AU  - Fransisca I. Roesmala Dewi
AU  - Riana Sahrani
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/01
TI  - Father Involvement in Parenting Talented Autistic Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Tarumanagara International Conference on Medicine and Health (TICMIH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 310
EP  - 316
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.052
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.052
ID  - Hapsara2021
ER  -