Father involvement in parenting during childhood and adolescence

Unazad zadnjih nekoliko desetljeća počela se prepoznavati važnost uloge koju otac ima u odgoju djece te je otkriveno da razina uključenosti očeva u odgoj utječe na brojne psihosocijalne ishode kod djeteta u odrasloj dobi. No istraživanja o povezanosti psihološke dobrobiti djece i uključenosti očeva u roditeljsku ulogu na razini Republike Hrvatske ima jako malo, dok se puno strane literature bavi navedenim fenomenom. Polazišnu osnovu ovog istraživanja predstavlja teorija otpornosti, dok je cilj istraživanja bio ispitati povezanost percepcije doživljaja uključenosti očeva u roditeljsku ulogu tijekom djetinjstva i adolescencije s doživljajem samopoštovanja i osobne kompetentnosti te stavom prema budućnosti u mlađoj odrasloj dobi. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 484 studenta, a korištena metoda prikupljanja podataka je metoda web ankete. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da studenti koji iskazuju viši stupanj samopoštovanja ujedno iskazuju i veću percepciju očeve uključenosti u roditeljsku ulogu za vrijeme djetinjstva i adolescencije. S druge strane, statistički značajnom se nije pokazala povezanost percepcije očeve uključenosti u roditeljsku ulogu s doživljajem osobne kompetentnosti studenata te s njihovim stavovima prema budućnosti. Zaključno, istaknuta je potreba za provođenjem daljnjih istraživanja o povezanosti očeve uključenosti u roditeljsku ulogu s različitim aspektima psihološke, socijalne i emocionalne dobrobiti djeteta u odrasloj dobi. Naglašena je i važnost daljnjeg poticanja očeva na aktivno uključivanje u sve aspekte roditeljstva.In the last few decades, the importance of the role of the father in the upbringing of children has begun to be recognized and it has been discovered that the level of fathers' involvement in parenting affects many psychosocial outcomes in the adult child. There is very little research on the connection between the psychological well-being of children and the involvement of fathers in the parental role at the level of the Republic of Croatia, while professional literature in other countries deal with these phenomena. The starting point of this research is the theory of resilience, while the aim of the research was to connect the perception of the experience of fathers' involvement in parenting during childhood and adolescence with the experience of self-esteem, personal competences and attitudes towards the future in young adulthood. The study was conducted on a sample of 484 students and the method of data collection used is the web survey method. The results of the study showed that students who had shown a higher level of self-esteem also show a higher perception of fathers involved in the parental role during childhood and adolescence. On the other hand, the correlation of the perception of fathers involved in the parental role with the experience of personal competencies of students and their attitudes towards the future did not prove to be statistically significant. In conclusion, the need to conduct further research to achieve better understanding between the various dimensions of father involvement with aspects of the children’s psychological, social and emotional adjustment in adulthood is highlighted. Also, the importance of further encouraging fathers to be actively involved in all aspects of parenting was emphasized