Fathers wanted: Participate in the study ‘Fatherhood During The Pandemic’ and help us better understand the impacts of the pandemic on fathers, their children, and families. More information (in English and German) and registration is available here: https://forms.office.com/r/PMsca92Wkb
THE STUDY
“More than 150 years after the Industrial Revolution had removed most fathers from their homes for the working day, fathers – in their millions – were coming home.” (Burgess & Goldman, 2021)
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about far-reaching change for families across the globe. The impacts of the pandemic and resulting restrictions on the father-child relationship have rarely been researched so far.
This study wants to give fathers a voice and look for possible answers:
- How did fathers experience the impacts of the pandemic and its restrictions (esp. lockdown) on the relationship with their children?
- How did fathers’ caregiving role in the family change over the course of the last two years?
- In what ways did the nature of fathers’ caregiving affect their
- relationships with their children, both positively and negatively?
The study will use the Meaning of the Child interview (Motc) to explore these questions.
Participation
With your participation, you can make a valuable contribution to better our understanding of the experiences and impacts of the pandemic, specifically on fathers, their children and families.
Participation involves an interview of about an hour, which you can be done online via the secure software Micro-soft Teams.
Lars Voellmy
Lars Voellmy is a student in the MSc Attachment Studies programme at the University of Roehampton in London. He is a qualified social worker (currently seeking UK registration). His study is also supported by the Deutsche Schule in London. Contact Lars at voellmyl@roehampton.ac.uk, or find him on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsdominikvoellmy.