Young Adult South African Daughters’ Perceptions of Paternal Involvement and Nurturance
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Wessels, Sonja
Lesch, Elmien
Abstract / Description
This study aimed to assess current and retrospective levels of reported and desired paternal involvement experienced by young adult daughters, as well as current and retrospective levels of paternal nurturance. A sample of 89, female, third year South African Psychology students completed self-administered questionnaires, consisting of a biographical questionnaire, four Father Involvement Scales and two Nurturant Father Scales. Daughters reported their fathers as having been involved and nurturing while growing up. Although they indicated that they perceived fathers as somewhat less involved in young adulthood; they reported being satisfied with the level of father involvement. Daughters also reported high current paternal nurturance. The findings therefore indicate that a group of middle to upper middle-class South African daughters perceived their fathers as relatively involved in their lives and suggest that their fathers’ involvement extends beyond traditional father roles.
Keyword(s)
father involvement nurturance young adult daughters South AfricaPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-12-19
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
8
Issue
2
Page numbers
128–143
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Wessels, S., & Lesch, E. (2014). Young Adult South African Daughters’ Perceptions of Paternal Involvement and Nurturance. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 128–143. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.145
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Wessels, Sonja
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lesch, Elmien
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Date of first publication2014-12-19
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Abstract / DescriptionThis study aimed to assess current and retrospective levels of reported and desired paternal involvement experienced by young adult daughters, as well as current and retrospective levels of paternal nurturance. A sample of 89, female, third year South African Psychology students completed self-administered questionnaires, consisting of a biographical questionnaire, four Father Involvement Scales and two Nurturant Father Scales. Daughters reported their fathers as having been involved and nurturing while growing up. Although they indicated that they perceived fathers as somewhat less involved in young adulthood; they reported being satisfied with the level of father involvement. Daughters also reported high current paternal nurturance. The findings therefore indicate that a group of middle to upper middle-class South African daughters perceived their fathers as relatively involved in their lives and suggest that their fathers’ involvement extends beyond traditional father roles.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationWessels, S., & Lesch, E. (2014). Young Adult South African Daughters’ Perceptions of Paternal Involvement and Nurturance. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 128–143. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.145en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1825
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2191
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.145
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Keyword(s)father involvementen_US
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Keyword(s)nurturanceen_US
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Keyword(s)young adult daughtersen_US
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Keyword(s)South Africaen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleYoung Adult South African Daughters’ Perceptions of Paternal Involvement and Nurturanceen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers128–143
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Volume8
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