Teen Fatherhood and Gang Membership: A Qualitative Study

青少年父亲身份和帮派成员身份：一项定性研究

• 批准号: 7127132
• 负责人: GEOFFREY P HUNT
• 金额: $ 46.13万
• 依托单位: SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7127132
• 关键词: African American; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; criminal behavior; family structure /dynamics; father child interaction; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interview; male; parents; peer group; racial /ethnic difference; sex roles; socioeconomics; socioenvironment; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus of this proposed 36 month exploratory qualitative project is to investigate the social processes and meaning of fatherhood among gang members. Building on our previous research on gangs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including our recent research on motherhood and gangs, we will examine the following three research questions: 1. What is the impact of gang involvement on a homeboy's (male gang member) ability to fulfill his role of father? 2. What are the impacts of other social, economic, cultural and institutional influences and factors on a gang member's ability to fulfill his role of father? 3. What is the impact of fatherhood on a gang member's involvement in the gang? Using primarily qualitative and ethnographic research methods, we plan to locate and interview 240 homeboys who are fathers from each of three major ethnic groups - African American, Latino, and Asian American. By utilizing a combined pre-coded and open-ended interview schedule we will gather information on the life histories and socio-demographics of male gang members; their own family experiences; risk behaviors, including their experiences in the gangs; notions of masculinity, gang membership and fatherhood; life experiences prior to learning that they were to be fathers; experiences during the pregnancy and after the birth of their child; and their past and on-going relationships with their child(ren) and the mother(s) of their child(ren). We will also collect data on the social and cultural roles of the gang, the family, and other environmental and institutional influences in their lives. This project is important for three reasons: First, the project seeks to examine teen fatherhood, an important and somewhat neglected research topic. Second, by focusing on teen fatherhood within the world of gangs we aim to uncover the potentially conflicting social processes of fatherhood and gang involvement. We wish to identify those factors that either encourage adolescent homeboys to become responsible fathers or impede this process. Finally, a research project designed to examine this issue, through the lived experiences of these young men, will provide important data to assist community based organizations to design potential intervention strategies to assist young fathers who are gang members.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的36个月探索性定性项目的重点是调查帮派成员中父亲的社会过程和含义。在我们先前关于旧金山湾区帮派的研究的基础上，包括我们最近的孕产和帮派研究，我们将研究以下三个研究问题：1。帮派介入对Homeboy（男性帮派成员）履行父亲角色的能力有什么影响？ 2。其他社会，经济，文化和机构影响和因素对帮派成员履行父亲角色的能力有什么影响？ 3。父亲身份对帮派成员参与该团伙的影响是什么？我们主要使用定性和民族志研究方法，计划找到和采访240名来自三个主要族裔的父亲 - 非裔美国人，拉丁裔和亚裔美国人。通过利用预先编码和开放式的访谈时间表，我们将收集有关男性帮派成员的生活历史和社会人口统计学的信息；他们自己的家庭经历；风险行为，包括他们在帮派中的经历；男性气质，帮派成员和父亲身份的概念；在得知自己是父亲之前的生活经历；怀孕期间和孩子出生后的经历；以及他们的过去和与孩子（Ren）和孩子（ren）的母亲的过去和持续的关系。我们还将收集有关该团伙，家庭以及其他环境和机构影响的数据的数据。该项目的重要性三个原因很重要：首先，该项目试图检查青少年父亲，这是一个重要且有些被忽视的研究主题。其次，通过关注帮派世界中的青少年父亲身份，我们旨在揭示父亲身份和帮派参与的潜在矛盾的社会过程。我们希望确定那些鼓励青少年家庭男生成为负责任的父亲或阻碍这一过程的因素。最后，一个研究项目旨在通过这些年轻人的生活经验来研究这个问题，将提供重要的数据，以帮助社区组织设计潜在的干预策略，以帮助帮派成员的年轻父亲。