Reported father involvement and indicators of subjective well-being in transition to adulthood

Figures & data

Table 1. Confirmatory and factor analysis of the reported father involvement scale (N = 400).

	X^2/df	X^2	df	CFI	SRMR	RMSEA
3-factor model	4.06	532.93**	131	.997	.043	.088
2-factor model	4.00	604.84**	151	.997	.044	.087
1-factor model	4.02	610.95**	152	.997	.044	.087

X² -chi-square, df-degrees of freedom, CFI, SRMR, RMSEA = goodness of fit tests, **p < .001

Figure 1. Saturation of factors by individual items.

Figure 2. Saturation of the factor by individual items.

Table 2. Descriptive characteristics of examined variables.

Variables	M	SD	Skew	Range	McDonald’s ω	AVE	Items
Subjective Well-Being
GLS	4.33	0.92	−0.67 (0.12)	1–6	.82	.53	7
PE	4.08	0.89	−0.37 (0.12)		.83	.59	4
NE	3.05	0.95	0.27 (0.12)		.90	.52	6
Father Involvement
INV	3.36	1.11	−0.63 (0.12)	1–5	.97	.85	19

GLS – General life satisfaction; PE – Positive experiencing; NE – Negative experiencing; INV – father involvement; M – mean; SD – standard deviation; Skew – skewness; Range – the range of the rating scale; McDonald’s ω – reliability estimate; AVE – average variance extracted

Table 3. Results of regression analyses for experiencing general life satisfaction.

Predictor	Block 1			Block 2
	b (CI)	SE (b)	β	b (CI)	SE (b)	β
Gender	1.97 (0.62; 3.33)	.69	.14*	1.06 (−0.20; 2.37)	.65	.08
Age	−0.45 (−1.02; 0.11)	.28	−.08	−0.17 (−0.71; 0.37)	.27	−.03
Cohabitation with father	3.82 (2.45; 5.19)	.70	.26**	0.97 (−0.50; 2.44)	.75	.06
Father involvement				0.13 (0.09; 0.16)	.02	.41**
	R^2 .100**			ΔR^2 .119**
	F 14.3**			ΔF 59.8**

*p < .05 ** p < .001; SE(b) – unstandardized coefficient; β – standardized coefficient; R² – determination index; F – statistical significance of the model; ΔR² – change in determination index; ΔF – statistical significance of the change.

Table 4. Results of regression analyses for positive experiencing.

Predictor	Block 1			Block 2
	b (CI)	SE (b)	β	b (CI)	SE (b)	β
Gender	1.30 (0.54; 2.06)	.39	.15**	0.78 (0.06; 1.50)	.37	.10*
Age	−0.19 (−0.51; 0.13)	.16	−.06	0.02 (−0.28; 0.32)	.15	.01
Cohabitation with father	1.05 (0.28; 1.82)	.39	.13*	−0.61 (−1.43; 0.09)	.42	−.08
Father involvement				0.02 (−0.07; 0.10)	.01	.43**
	R^2 .050**			ΔR^2,133**
	F 6.96**			ΔF 63.80**

*p <,05 ** p <,001; SE(b) – unstandardized coefficient; β – standardized coefficient; R² – determination index; F – statistical significance of the model; ΔR² – change in determination index; ΔF – statistical significance of the change.

Table 5. Results of regression analyses for negative experiencing.

Predictor	Block 1			Block 2
	b (CI)	SE (b)	β	b (CI)	SE (b)	β
Gender	−3.12 (−4.30; −1.94)	.60	−.25**	−2.44 (−3.59; −1.30)	.58	−.19**
Age	0.86 (0.36; 1.35)	.25	.15**	0.58 (0.10; 1.06)	.24	.11*
Cohabitation with father	−2.49 (−3.68; −1.29)	.61	−.19**	−0.33 (−1.63; 0.98)	.66	−.03
Father involvement				−0.09 (−0.12; −0.07)	.01	−.35**
	R^2 .126**			ΔR^2 .086**
	F 19.00**			ΔF 43.20**

*p <,05 ** p <,001; SE(b) – unstandardized coefficient; β – standardized coefficient; R² – determination index; F – statistical significance of the model; ΔR² – change in determination index; ΔF – statistical significance of the change.

Table A1. Correlation matrix of examined variables.

Variables	Gender	Age	Cohabitation with father	INV	GLS	PE	NE
Gender	—
Age	rbbis=.04	—
Cohabitation with father	rbbis=.08	rbbis=.01	—
INV	rbbis=.19**	r=−.14*	rbbis =.50**	—
GLS	rbbis=.15*	r=−.07	rbbis =.27**	r=.45**
PE	rbbis=.17**	r=.04	rbbis =.14*	r=.41**	r=.64**	—
NE	rbbis=-.25**	r = 14*	rbbis=-.21*	r=−.40**	r=−.61**	r=−.45**	—

*p < .05 ** p < .001; INV – Father involvement; GLS – General life satisfaction; PE – Positive experiencing; NE – negative experiencing; r_bbis – point-biserial correlation coefficient values. r – Pearson correlation coefficient values.

Data availability statement

Data, analysis script, supplementary tables and descriptions are available at the OSF (in the text of the manuscript we provide a link where it is not possible to identify the authors; https://osf.io/xctsw/?view_only=96bb836679fa408fbee0da4bb357553b).