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Outside versus inside the home: Tensions between fathers’ work and parenting responsibilities in Tanzania

Sein Kim, Juliet K. McCann, Damas Joachim, Mary Kabati, Joshua Jeong

published 29 Jan 2026

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Exploring parent-child relationships in families with advanced age parents: An interview study with adult offspring of ‘older’ parents in Switzerland

Nathalie Bettina Neeser, Andrea Martani, Kato Verghote, Bernice Simone Elger, Tenzin Wangmo

published 02 Jan 2026

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Association between household food security and socioeconomic status with paternal smoking: Findings from SEANUTS II Malaysia

Giin Shang Yeo, Shoo Thien Lee, Kuan Chiet Teh, Jyh Eiin Wong, Wan Siti Fatimah Wan Abdul Rahman, Nurul Hasanah Hasmuni Chew, Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Nur Zakiah Mohd Saat, Nik Shanita Safii, Siti Balkis Budin, Swee Fong Tang, A. Karim Norimah, Ilse Khouw, Lei Hum Wee, Bee Koon Poh, on behalf of the SEANUTS II Malaysia Study Group

published 02 Jan 2026

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Existential aspects of fatherhood transition—A systematic qualitative review protocol using framework synthesis

Marie Sejrsgaard, Caroline Moos, Maiken Fabricius Damm, Christina Prinds

published 05 Dec 2025

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Parents’ aversion to the possibility of having a gay or lesbian child predicts gendered parenting

Noya Kislev, Tamar Saguy

published 04 Dec 2025

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The moderating role of father involvement in the association between maternal depression and child nutrition: A cross-sectional study in rural Malawi

Suhyoon Choi, Yaeeun Han

published 04 Dec 2025

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Reinforcing intensive motherhood: A study of gender bias in parental responsibilities allocation by large language models

Jiaxing Xiu, Yongjie Sun

published 19 Nov 2025

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Progress and stagnation: A comparative study of gender representation in Chinese language textbooks for junior high school between 2001 edition and 2023 edition

Xia Yang, Yu Sun, Hu He

published 11 Nov 2025

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Alexithymia and attachment dimensions in relation to parental burnout: A structural equation modelling approach

Dawid Konrad Ścigała, Joanna Sikora-Ścigała, Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała

published 05 Nov 2025

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Becoming fathers, becoming caregivers: A qualitative exploration of intersectional influences shaping caregiving in an urban poor South Indian setting

Eunice Lobo, Joshua Jeong, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu, Debarati Mukherjee, Onno C. P. van Schayck, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas

published 23 Oct 2025

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Early childhood risk and protective factors and their association with adolescent sexual behaviors: A Latent Class Analysis

Qingyang Liu, Sara A. Vasilenko, Xiafei Wang, Rachel A. Razza

published 06 Oct 2025

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What does it mean to have experienced the death of a relative in a context of social and funeral restrictions? Lessons from the pandemic for bereavement research and clinical practice

Camille Boever, Emmanuelle Zech, Laurence Arcand, Chantal Verdon

published 19 Sep 2025

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Exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity among children in Saudi Arabian schools: A qualitative study

Abdullah Alalawi, Lindsay Blank, Elizabeth Goyder

published 15 Sep 2025

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