TY - JOUR
T1 - Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment
T2 - Danish children’s emotions and relationships with their fathers
AU - Oldrup, Helene
AU - Kyed, Morten
AU - Nielsen, Anni Brit Sternhagen
AU - Christensen, Ann-Dorte
PY - 2023/4/26
Y1 - 2023/4/26
N2 - A growing body of research indicates that children of formerly deployed soldiers are at risk of experiencing negative outcomes, but studies are lacking in terms of the exploration of children’s emotions from their own perspective. This article is based on qualitative interviews with 26 children (age 7–20) from 19 Danish families with formerly deployed fathers. The children’s emotions are complex and ambiguous. While deployment leads to a distanced relationship between children and their fathers, following it, some form a close relationship following deployment. However, other children become responsible for maintaining their relationship with their father, altering the generational order.
AB - A growing body of research indicates that children of formerly deployed soldiers are at risk of experiencing negative outcomes, but studies are lacking in terms of the exploration of children’s emotions from their own perspective. This article is based on qualitative interviews with 26 children (age 7–20) from 19 Danish families with formerly deployed fathers. The children’s emotions are complex and ambiguous. While deployment leads to a distanced relationship between children and their fathers, following it, some form a close relationship following deployment. However, other children become responsible for maintaining their relationship with their father, altering the generational order.
KW - Paternal deployment
KW - child-father relationship
KW - children
KW - emotion
KW - emotion work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85153098050&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/09075682231169970
DO - 10.1177/09075682231169970
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0907-5682
VL - 30
SP - 161
EP - 176
JO - Childhood
JF - Childhood
IS - 2
ER -