title: The Mother's Perspective: Factors Considered When Choosing to Enter a Stay-at-Home Father and Working Mother Relationship.
abstract: A qualitative study was conducted to examine the decision-making factors of entering a stay-at-home father and working mother relationship based on the mother's perspective. A total of 20 married, heterosexual, working mothers with biological children aged 1 to 4 years were asked questions regarding how they decided to enter a stay-at-home father and working mother relationship as well as contributing factors to this decision. The findings presented in this article were part of a larger study that examined mothers' overall perspectives of the working mother stay-at-home father dynamics. The themes that emerged regarding how the decision was made to enter this kind of relationship were creating a work-family life balance, utilizing the cost-benefit ratio, and applying personality/trait strengths.
authors.affiliation: 1 Amberton University, Garland, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Cassie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rushing
authors.affiliation: 2 Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Misti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sparks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003657:Decision Making; D005195:Family Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: fathering; gender role; male role; parenting; role reversal