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Electronic encounters: fathers' experiences of parental support

Nyström, Kerstin, Öhrling, Kerstin·2008·Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
DOI 10.1258/jtt.2007.070605
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Summary A group of fathers met regularly during their child's first year through an e-meeting portal. (This was part of a larger study which was designed to describe mothers' and fathers' experiences of an intervention to provide parental support.) The technology allowed meetings by web-based videoconferencing, both one-to-one and in groups. The leader of the electronic encounters was a man with comprehensive experience in leading parental support groups with fathers. The fathers were interviewed using a narrative approach twice, once midway through the study and once at the end. Qualitative content analysis was applied to the interview data and three categories were identified: being unfamiliar and insecure talking about fatherhood, sharing experiences and being confirmed, and being supported and limited by the electronic encounters. Most fruitful and rewarding in the meetings was the fathers sharing other fathers' experiences. It was important to talk about things they did not talk to others about. Some fathers expressed a wish for more structure in the meetings. The fathers in this study expressed a wish to meet other fathers in a support group during the whole childhood period.

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  • Eight of the 15 studies reported few technical difficulties, whereas 7 reported a number of problems, 2 of which required substantial work hours to overcome.

    “Various levels of technical problems were encountered; 8 of the 15 studies reported few difficulties [31,32,34-36,38,44-46], whereas 7 reported a number of problems [33,37,39,42,43,45,47], 2 of which required substantial work hours to overcome [39,47].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [45]

  • The most common technical problem reported was audio difficulties, including delays, dropouts, and background noise, followed by problems in downloading software.

    “The most common problem reported was audio difficulties, which included delays, dropouts, and background noise [33,37,38,44,45], followed by problems in downloading software [38,42,43].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [45]

  • Overall, inexperience with videoconferencing or computer use did not appear to be a major problem; the majority of studies reported that over time participants found the technology easy to use and enjoyable.

    “Overall, inexperience did not appear to be a major problem as the majority of studies reported that, over time, participants found the technology easy to use [32-35,40-42,46] and found videoconferencing enjoyable [42,44-46].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [45]

  • Qualitative studies reported discussion themes that illustrated participants' ability to discuss sensitive and personal issues and to give and receive empathetic support.

    “Qualitative studies reported discussion themes that illustrated participants’ ability to discuss sensitive and personal issues and to give and receive empathetic support [33,36,42,44,45].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [45]

  • Gender differences were noted in a study comprising one group of men and one of women.

    “Gender differences were noted in a study comprising one group of men and one of women, with the men’s discussions being more problem-focused and the women’s being more emotion-focused [44,45].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [45]

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Authors
Nyström, K., & Öhrling, K.
Affiliations
Luleå University of Technology (SE)
Corresponding author
Nyström, Kerstin
Venue
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-03
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
71-74
ISSN
  • 1357-633X (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-1109
DOI
10.1258/jtt.2007.070605
OpenAlex
W2013754343
Cited by
24
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2012: 2
FWCI
3.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Keywords
fathers, parent support groups, fathers' experiences, fatherhood, experience sharing, support groups, early childhood
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Communication, Computer Communication Networks, Father-Child Relations, Fathers, Humans, Paternal Behavior, Social Support, Videoconferencing

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