Exploring the Lived Experience Meaning and Imperatives of Fatherhood: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

摘要

Introduction:There have been considerable changes in the concept and meaning of fatherhood in the past few decades and a lot of studies has down in this area, but there is no information about fathering and fatherhood from Iranian perspective, thus present study designed to explore the men’s understanding of fathering and paternal role during their first year of transition to parenthood.