Fathers' Interactions With Their 3-6 Year-Old Children: an Examination From the Perspective of Emotional Abuse

dc.authorscopusid 57193756225
dc.authorscopusid 59256594600
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dc.authorwosid Kahraman, Pinar/J-8309-2019
dc.contributor.author Kahraman, Pinar Bagceli
dc.contributor.author Turen, Seyma
dc.contributor.author Sagiroglu, Husna Humeyra
dc.date.accessioned 2025-07-15T19:03:11Z
dc.date.available 2025-07-15T19:03:11Z
dc.date.issued 2025
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Kahraman, Pinar Bagceli] Bursa Uludag Univ, Fac Educ, Bursa, Turkiye; [Turen, Seyma] İstanbul Okan Univ, Fac Educ, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Sagiroglu, Husna Humeyra] İstanbul Medeniyet Univ, Fac Educ, Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Emotional abuse is the behavior that occurs when caregivers consistently fail to do what they should do; prevents the fulfillment of children's basic psychological needs, significantly affects children's behavioral, cognitive, emotional and psychosocial development; and causes them to feel worthless or unloved. Paternalism and emotional abuse are complex and interconnected issues that have attracted significant attention in the literature. The present study examines the emotional abuse perpetrated by fathers with children aged 3-6 years to their children. The study was conducted in the instrumental case study model, one of the qualitative research designs. The study includes 18 fathers with different levels of education determined by snowball sampling, one of the non-probability sampling methods. The data collected with semi-structured interview questions obtained through expert opinions and pilot study were analyzed by content analysis method. The findings are revealed in three main sections: Father-Child Relationships and Interactions, Fathers' Approach to Undesirable Behaviors and Fathers' Disciplinary Method. The results showed that fathers, in addition to positive discipline practices such as explanation and modeling, mostly exhibit negative behaviors such as reward-punishment use, authoritarian attitude, intimidation, stern warnings, and violence, which can lead to emotional abuse when applied continuously. It is thought that training programs and awareness studies should be designed to develop fathers' parenting skills and prevent emotional abuse. In addition, considering the scarcity of studies specifically targeting fathers, research on emotional abuse by fathers should also be conducted. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Okan University en_US
dc.description.sponsorship We would like to thank all the fathers who voluntarily participated in our research. en_US
dc.description.woscitationindex Social Science Citation Index
dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/s12187-025-10266-2
dc.identifier.issn 1874-897X
dc.identifier.issn 1874-8988
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-105008980893
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q2
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-025-10266-2
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/8075
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001516556300001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q2
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject Father-Child Interactions en_US
dc.subject Paternal Abuse en_US
dc.subject Emotional Abuse en_US
dc.subject Disciplinary Practices en_US
dc.subject Childhood en_US
dc.title Fathers' Interactions With Their 3-6 Year-Old Children: an Examination From the Perspective of Emotional Abuse en_US
dc.type Article en_US

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