A Definition of Gender Role Conflict among Black Professional Fathers

Authors

Ora Robinson, California State University San BernardinoFollow

Abstract

There is very little literature that depicts the parental role of Black professional fathers positively or that samples Black participants from the upper economic strata. The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how Black professional fathers experience or perceive gender role conflict and identify clinical implications. Grounded in phenomenological methodology and gender role conflict theory, the framework is based on gender role devaluations, gender role restrictions, and gender role violations (O'Neil, Good, & Holmes, 1995). The emerging experiences found in this project were (a) a conflict between the Black and White races and (b) conflict with parental role expectations.

Keywords

Gender Role Conflict, Parental Role Conflict, Role Theory, Horizontal Abuse, Phenomenology

Publication Date

9-1-2011

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1305

Recommended APA Citation

Robinson, O. (2011). A Definition of Gender Role Conflict among Black Professional Fathers. The Qualitative Report, 16(5), 1389-1406. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1305