Date of Award:
5-2007
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Scot Allgood
Committee
Scot Allgood
Committee
Troy Beckert
Committee
Jana Darrington
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between father involvement, nurturant fathering, and the psychological well-being among young adult women. A total of 99 young adult, female, university students completed retrospective measures of nurturant fathering, father involvement, and measures of current psychological well-being (measured in terms of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and psychological distress). Results indicated that retrospective perceptions of both father involvement and nurturant fathering were positively correlated with daughters' current levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Perceptions of expressive involvement, and nurturant fathering were found to have the strongest relationship with self-esteem and life satisfaction. Results, however, did not indicate any significant correlations between fathering measures and daughters' current psychological distress. Together, the results of the present study provide several important implications for future father-daughter research and the field of marriage and family therapy.
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Recommended Citation
Peterson, Camille C., "Father Involvement, Nurturant Fathering, and the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adult Daughters" (2007). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2587.
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