This article examines divorce professionals’ attitudes and stances in response to common criticisms of how they deal with divorce outcomes for fathers, according to which men are discriminated against in negotiations on the custody and living arrangements of their children. The study applied the relatively new qualitative attitude approach, and hence a further aim was to test its fitness for studying attitudes. Eighteen Finnish family professionals who worked with divorce cases — social workers, psychologists, district court judges, and lawyers — participated in semi-structured interviews in which they discussed claims designed to be provocative. The family professionals were found to show both collective, shared attitudes and diversity in attitudes and stances. The participants strove to position themselves as gender-neutral and as promoters of equality between mothers and fathers, and thus in accordance with the ideal of a good professional. The divorce professionals argued that their overriding aim was to secure the well-being of children. The method revealed some attribution bias, manifested as victim blaming, where fathers themselves were in part held accountable for the gendered post-divorce situation. The results highlight potential areas of cooperation between different types of divorce professionals that could lay a foundation for improving services and support for divorced parents and children.

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家庭专业人士对离婚后父亲的态度和立场：一种定性的态度方法

本文探讨离婚专业人士的态度和立场，以回应关于他们如何处理父亲离婚结果的常见批评，据此，男性在子女监护权和生活安排的谈判中受到歧视。该研究采用了相对较新的定性态度方法，因此进一步的目的是测试其对研究态度的适用性。18 名处理离婚案件的芬兰家庭专业人士——社会工作者、心理学家、地区法院法官和律师——参加了半结构化访谈，他们讨论了旨在挑衅的主张。发现家庭专业人士表现出集体、共同的态度以及态度和立场的多样性。参与者努力将自己定位为性别中立和母亲和父亲之间平等的推动者，从而符合优秀专业人士的理想。离婚专业人士认为，他们的首要目标是确保孩子的幸福。该方法揭示了一些归因偏见，表现为受害者指责，其中父亲自己对离婚后的性别化情况负有部分责任。结果突出了不同类型的离婚专业人士之间的潜在合作领域，这些领域可以为改善对离婚父母和孩子的服务和支持奠定基础。该方法揭示了一些归因偏见，表现为受害者指责，其中父亲自己对离婚后的性别化情况负有部分责任。结果突出了不同类型的离婚专业人士之间的潜在合作领域，这些领域可以为改善对离婚父母和孩子的服务和支持奠定基础。该方法揭示了一些归因偏见，表现为受害者指责，其中父亲自己对离婚后的性别化情况负有部分责任。结果突出了不同类型的离婚专业人士之间的潜在合作领域，这些领域可以为改善对离婚父母和孩子的服务和支持奠定基础。