The article provides a review of foreign studies devoted to the issues of fatherhood, considers the variations of conceptualisation of fatherhood and various typologies of the phenomenon, highlights the key problems and perspectives of the development of this research field in the context of modern transformations in the sphere of family.
For citation: Chikalova E.A. Fatherhood in Focus of Western Sociological and Psychological Research: Problems and Prospects. St. Petersburg Sociology Today. 2016. N. 7. P. 201-215.