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

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

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 - child-father relationship

KW - children

KW - emotion

KW - emotion work

KW - Paternal deployment

U2 - 10.1177/09075682231169970

DO - 10.1177/09075682231169970

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85153098050

VL - 30

JO - Childhood

JF - Childhood

SN - 0907-5682

IS - 2

ER -