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Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark
The Scandinavian countries make interesting samples for the study of shared parenting as they are characterized by some of the highest levels of father involvement and gender equality globally. Despite numerous studies, data from Denmark is noticeably absent in the international debate, partly due t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10662306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223574 |
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description | The Scandinavian countries make interesting samples for the study of shared parenting as they are characterized by some of the highest levels of father involvement and gender equality globally. Despite numerous studies, data from Denmark is noticeably absent in the international debate, partly due to a researcher preference for publishing in Danish. Here, I present an overview of the increase in father involvement in Denmark since the 1960s and on the increase in shared parenting across recent decades. I further examine Danish law, ministerial guidelines and guidelines from major Danish public and private institutions/organizations involved in deciding or advising on parenting practices post-divorce. I relate these to international research findings as well as to findings from Danish research. Overall, I find that Danish guidelines/practice have several reservations against shared parenting and substantial father involvement, which are not considered warranted by a substantial number of scientists and which are not supported by the majority of the available evidence. It thus appears that societal transition toward increased shared parenting has happened on a largely voluntary basis in spite of official law/practice. Updated law and/or ministerial guidelines are likely necessary if politicians desire that children experience the same high degree of father involvement post-divorce that they experience in society in general. |
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spelling | pubmed-106623062023-11-07 Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark Sandberg, Kristian Front Psychol Psychology The Scandinavian countries make interesting samples for the study of shared parenting as they are characterized by some of the highest levels of father involvement and gender equality globally. Despite numerous studies, data from Denmark is noticeably absent in the international debate, partly due to a researcher preference for publishing in Danish. Here, I present an overview of the increase in father involvement in Denmark since the 1960s and on the increase in shared parenting across recent decades. I further examine Danish law, ministerial guidelines and guidelines from major Danish public and private institutions/organizations involved in deciding or advising on parenting practices post-divorce. I relate these to international research findings as well as to findings from Danish research. Overall, I find that Danish guidelines/practice have several reservations against shared parenting and substantial father involvement, which are not considered warranted by a substantial number of scientists and which are not supported by the majority of the available evidence. It thus appears that societal transition toward increased shared parenting has happened on a largely voluntary basis in spite of official law/practice. Updated law and/or ministerial guidelines are likely necessary if politicians desire that children experience the same high degree of father involvement post-divorce that they experience in society in general. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10662306/ /pubmed/38022989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223574 Text en Copyright © 2023 Sandberg. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Sandberg, Kristian Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title | Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title_full | Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title_fullStr | Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title_full_unstemmed | Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title_short | Shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in Denmark |
title_sort | shared parenting and father involvement after divorce in denmark |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10662306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223574 |
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