Journal of Health and Behavioral Science
Vol 1 No 4 (2019): December 2019

Bentuk Fathering di Kota Kupang

Beatriks Novianti Bunga (Universitas Nusa Cendana)
Siti Nurasia (Universitas Nusa Cendana)
Herlina Clemens (Universitas Nusa Cendana)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Dec 2019

Abstract

Parents have responsibilities to nurture their children to be independent person, physically and biologically. Father’s role are parenting, demanding them to be involved in child rearing. This study was done for six months long in order to understand fathering practices in Kupang City using quantiative methods. Samples involved in this study numbered 200 fathers with children aged 2 – 6 years old in Kupang City. Sampling used was accidental sampling and data gathered with a 35 items questionnaire. These items were tried in validity and reliability. This study found that fathers involvement in parenting were as high as 83%. Paternal accessibility were identified as the most important fathering aspect. This study also describe the data according to important demographics information. This study needs to be further explored using qualitative approach in order to achieve better and deeper quality of information.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

CJPS

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Health Professions Neuroscience Public Health Social Sciences

Description

Focus and Scope Journal of Health and Behavioral Science (JHBS) is an open-access journal, publishes research from various topics in psychology. We dedicated ourselves in developing psychology and behavioral sciences in the world, especially in the areas of: Health Psychology Clinical Psychology ...