The father’s understanding of his role during the child’s adolescence

Tema ovog diplomskog rada je očeva percepcija njegove uloge u razdoblju adolescencije djeteta. U teorijskom okviru sam koristila društveni konstruktivizam i Bronfenbrennerovu teoriju ekoloških sustava. Također sam objasnila Lambove čimbenike očeve uključenosti: angažman, dostupnost i odgovornost. U teorijskom okviru sam navela kako drugi autori interpretiraju očevu uključenosti u odgoj djeteta te koji su benefiti uključenosti za djetetov fizički, socijalni, emocionalni i kognitivni razvoj. U empirijskom dijelu rada sam prikazala na koji način je istraživanje provedeno i rezultate istraživanja. Cilj istraživanja je bio opisati kako sudionici istraživanja razumiju i prakticiraju vlastitu ulogu u odgoju adolescenta te koje čimbenike u procesu oblikovanja uloge oca tijekom djetetove adolescencije percipiraju značajnima. Provela sam devet polustrukturiranih intervjua koje sam nakon transkribiranja analizirala koristeći tematsku analizu. Intervjue sam provela online, a u intervjuima su sudjelovali očevi djece u dobi između 12 i 19 godina. Rezultati pokazuju da su očevi svjesni važnosti vlastite uključenosti u odgoj djeteta, ali ističu postojanje razlika između njihove i majčine uloge. Kao glavne čimbenike koji oblikuju očevu ulogu smatraju društvo i medije te se osvrću i na iskustva iz perioda njihove adolescencije. Rad završava prikazom njegovih ograničenja i otvaranjem novih tema koje bi se mogle istraživati kako bi se doprinijelo novim pedagogijskim spoznajama.The topic of this thesis is the father's vision of their role during the period of children's adolescence. In the theoretical framework, I used social constructivism and Bronfenbrenner's theory of ecosystems. I also explained Lamb's factors of father involvement: engagement, availability, and responsibility. In the theoretical framework, I presented how other authors interpret the father's involvement in the child's upbringing and what are the benefits of involvement for the child's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. In the empirical part of this thesis, I presented how the research was conducted and the results of the research. The aim of the research was to describe how the participants understand and practice their own role in the upbringing of adolescents and which factors in the process of shaping the role of the father during the child's adolescence are perceived as significant. I conducted nine semi-structured interviews which I analyzed after transcription. I conducted a qualitative thematic analysis of the data. Participants were interviewed online and fathers whose children are between the age of 12 and 19 years old participated. The results show that fathers are aware of the importance of their involvement in the upbringing of a child, but they state the difference between their and the mother's role. They consider society and the media to be the main factors shaping the father's role in adolescent development, and their lived experiences influence their perception of the father's role during children's adolescence. Finally, the thesis concludes by presenting limitations of the conducted empirical research and opening up new topics that could be explored to contribute to new pedagogical insights